Eleonora M. Beck

Fiammetta is volume two of a trilogy. The first volume is Cauliflower Head and the third volume is Venice in Spirit.
Fiammetta’s overarching story chronicles the kidnapping of Jennifer, an art dealer’s young assistant, and her encounter with Fiammetta, a bewildered and sincere professor who is in Italy to give a lecture. While Jennifer is whisked away from the streets of Florence to a castle in Northern Italy, Fiammetta contemplates life through stories, art and poetry set in the sunlit Italian Alps, New York’s Hamptons, and Portland, Oregon’s urban gardens. The unique juxtaposition of Jennifer’s and Fiammetta’s tales portrays a writer’s journey and the trascendent power of making art. Readers will exit Beck’s labyrinth transformed, ready to unleash their imaginations.