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The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo's David

By: Laura Morelli
Narrated by: Edoardo Camponeschi
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As a colossal statue takes shape in Renaissance Florence, the lives of a master sculptor and a struggling painter become stunningly intertwined.

Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts.

When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend?

From the author of The Painter's Apprentice and The Gondola Maker comes a gorgeously crafted, immersive tale of Renaissance Italy.

Based on a true story.

©2020 Laura Morelli (P)2020 Laura Morelli Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Renaissance
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Beautifully written and researched, the characters came to life in all their personalities and passions, both good and not so. It took me a bit to understand the perspective and how to view the making of David. But once I grasped that, it was, wow. This is not your typical biography. The more I thought about the book after finishing it the more I appreciated it. The more I gleaned from it. Just as any creative type knows the highs and lows, the really dark days, the negative thoughts, and days when you can fly. You can see that in Michelangelo and his friend. Morelli makes them human, makes them just like us.
You have to listen to it. The narrator is fabulous.
I loved it.
Brava!

The smells and textures of Florence bought to life.

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