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Translated by Theo Kars, With an afterword by Arnon Grunberg In 1839 Stendhal's romantic masterpiece De Kartuize van Parma was published, a novel in which all kinds of genres coincide: adventure novel, love story, Bildungsroman and political satire. Fabrizio del Dongo, a naive Italian nobleman, finds himself in Napoleon's army and finds himself in all kinds of dangerous and comical situations due to his lack of experience. Back in Lombardy, he appears to be wanted for treason, after which his aunt Gina and her lover come to his aid. Gina gradually falls in love with her cousin obsessively and although Fabrizio falls in love with someone else, she will do anything to win him over. One of the great charms of this story is its ironic, irreverent narrative tone. In this way, Stendhal ensures that the reader always follows the report of the characters with an amused or sympathetic smile.
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