Ludwig Pollak was the art dealer-scholar who found the missing arm of Laocoön, in the famous classical sculpture. In this mysterious, cerebral novella set in Rome in 1943, Pollak is exhorted to seek refuge in the Vatican, but instead spins out the hours in reminiscence…
Pollak’s Arm
£12.99
Edition:Paperback978195440400704/04/2022
Categories: 04. Spring Books 2022: Fiction, Fiction, Spring Books 2022
Tags: Fiction in Translation, Italy, WW2
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