Napoleon's Beekeeper
by Elizabeth Bryer, Mr Jose Luis de JuanEstimated delivery 3-12 business days
Format Paperback
Condition Brand New
Description Winner ofthe prestigious 'Premio Novela Breve Juan March Cencillo'
Winner ofthe prestigious 'Premio Novela Breve Juan March Cencillo'May 1814. On the island of Elba, the beekeeper Andrea Pasolini awaitsthe arrival of the defeated, exiled emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. Pasolini is a self-taughtdisciple of the Enlightenment, whose first love is reading books on philosophyand apiculture a secret, illicit activity he undertakes in his cellar atnight. The defeated emperor is likewise fascinated, with the swarming of beesand the beauty of honey. From a distance, an obsessive interest developsbetween the two men, as anticipation builds around a visit by the emperor to inspectPasolini's his novella, Jose Luis de Juan meticulously interweaves historical sources with an imaginingof the lives of two very different men, one a humble apiarist on an island, theother also born on an island who aspires to be the ruler of the an atmosphere of exchangeable identities, powerful dreams, furtive plotsand deferred uprisings, in favour of Napoleon or against him, each man carriesthe conviction that the social organisation of bees holds the key to how thefuture will unfold.
- ISBN 1925818233
- ISBN-13 9781925818239
- Title Napoleon's Beekeeper
- Author Elizabeth Bryer, Mr Jose Luis de Juan
- Format Paperback
- Year 2020
- Pages 128
- Publisher Giramondo Publishing Co
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