The Decameron
Ein paar Powerfrauen verbringen Weihnachten in einem eleganten Wellnessbad. Bei Kaviar und Champagner erzählen sie einander im Whirlpool ihre Lebensgeschichten: Eine Verschwörungstheoretikerin, eine transsexuelle Richterin, eine Expfarrersfrau, die von einem Poltergeist verfolgt wird, eine Psychoanalytikerin, die ihren Ehemann vergiftet hat, eine Manikürespezialistin, die von einem Scheich entführt wurde. Und Phoebe, eine Schriftstellerin in den besten Jahren. Sie ist hier, weil ihr Mann erst das Haus unbewohnbar gemacht hat und dann ans andere Ende der Welt zu seiner kranken Mutter eilen musste - oder hat er anderes vor? Die Damen packen schräge Geschichten voller Ehrgeiz, Eifersucht, Intrigen, Mord und Totschlag aus.
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Seven young women and three young men flee the Black Death in Florence to a country villa and pass ten days telling each other ten stories apiece, on themes from clever lovers to fortune to the misfortunes of merchants.
Yes. The Decameron was written by Giovanni Boccaccio between 1348 and 1353 and is in the public domain. Modern translations remain copyrighted. Wayne Rebhorn's 2013 Norton translation is widely recommended.
The Decameron contains 100 stories framed by 10 young people fleeing the Black Death in Florence. Most stories are short and self-contained. Readers can dip in and out rather than reading sequentially.
The Decameron was written by Fay Weldon, published in 2007 by Quercus.
The Decameron is 368 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Decameron takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
The Decameron is a standalone novel by Fay Weldon, not part of a series.
The Decameron is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
