When his longtime lover, Marianne, unsettles a comfortable relationship by her search for greater commitment and meaning, Albert embarks on his own quest for love. Leaving behind a successful career in high finances his newly awakened discontent leads him from Wall Street to London, Milan and the Vermont woods. He eventually settles in Sarasota. Haunted by lost opportunities, he looks back at their time together with nostalgia and ponders what is really important in life, work, society and himself. Alienation and disillusionment, cause his vision and insight to shift. He passes through friendships, relationships, and engaging projects, until he finally discovers the one truth that both anchors his soul and sets him free.to sail into the mystical light and spectacular sunsets in Sarasota. This first book in the Sarasota Trilogy conveys the tender musings of a man's quest for love and understanding in poetic prose that engages the heart and mind of the reader like a siren's song.

Sunset in Sarasota

Literature & Fiction

Rivolta, Piero

Contemporary

New Chapter Pub

One day in the prime of his life Alex, a successful architect, becomes obsessed with discovering the color of the wind. He heads out to sea in his yacht alone with no special destination in mind. Far from shore in the Atlantic Ocean, he encounters a beautiful, mysterious woman whose sensuous vitality open up a world of sight and sound he hasn't experienced before. She enflames his imagination and fills his sails with renewed dreams. Alex returns to his former life with a greater sense of wisdom and purpose, only to embark on another search. Told in poetic prose, Alex and the Color of the Wind is a romantic tale of the search for meaning, self-discovery and redemption. This romantic fable for our times affirms the power of the creative spirit in the often prosaic venues of our modern world.

Alex and the Color of the Wind

Literary

According to the Mayan calendar, Nostradamus and other prognosticators, December 21, 2012 will usher in dramatic changes for the world - if it does not end first. Piero Rivolta's visionary novel, Journey Beyond 2012, explores these predictions through the lives of three people. Meet George, an engineer of international construction projects, his wife, Valeria, and Ryan, a financier, business partner and friend. As the deadline nears, each imagines a different turning point. How they cope with what actually happens takes this engaging and memorable story to a fitting climax as it suggests an innovative direction for the new millennium

Journey Beyond 2012

A man adrift on a broken catamaran in the Gulf of Mexico is rescued and brought to a care facility in the Yucatan run by an unconventional Jesuit. The man seems to remember nothing of his past except his name. To speed his recovery, the priest engages him in searching conversations and introduces him to a captivating woman who runs a school for children in town. As their three lives intertwine and their secrets come to light, they become entangled in a complex web of emotions. Told in poetic prose, The Castaway, which continues the story begun in Sunset in Sarasota, is a fable-like meditation on the nature of memory, beauty, love and friendship, and offers a profound affirmation of the healing power of words.

The Castaway (Sarasota Trilogy)

Just One Scent was originally published in Italian in 1999 by the Italian publishing house Crocetti Editore, eventually selling sold more than 7,000 copies worldwide.This award winning second edition has been extensively revised by the author. In the tradition of metaphysical poets, Rivolta gathers concrete, yet evocative impressions - images based on the sea and sailing, mountains and meadows, music and smells - to ask questions about the purpose of life and what it means to be human. Prose poems alternate with lyrical verses to cover a range of subjects, including work, spirituality, romantic relationships and love, from a variety of perspectives. Analyzing feelings and desire, he offers sly and profound musings to the dilemmas we all face in the quiet, reflective moments of our lives. Above all he affirms the beauty and joy of existence we can all experience on our earthly journey, if we take the time to bypass excessive rationality and trust our intuitive and sensory perceptions.

Solo un profumo, il resto é Dio (Italian Edition)

Poetry

New Chapter Publisher

A collection of provocative observations from the novels and books of poetry by award-winning poet, Piero Rivolta. Laced with passion, wit and humor, and tinged with irony, they address a wide range of human concerns, including sexuality, ethnic differences, media, politics, bureaucracy, money, creativity, imagination, and consciousness. 
Rivolta’s love for humanity is as evident as his frustration with people’s pettiness, willful ignorance and inability to learn from history. You may not agree with all of his assertions and suggestions, but they will challenge you, amuse you and make you think about your life with renewed vigor and curiosity.

Homo too Sapiens: A Consciousness Dilemma

Essays & Correspondence

The third book in The Sarasota Trilogy by Award-Winning Author and Poet Piero Rivolta, The Castaway is the story of a man adrift on a broken catamaran in the Gulf of Mexico who's rescued and brought to a care facility in the Yucatan run by an unconventional Jesuit. He seems to remember nothing of his past except his name. To speed his recovery, the priest engages him in searching conversations and introduces him to a captivating woman in town who runs a school for children. As their three lives intertwine and their secrets come to light, they become entangled in a complex web of emotions.Told in poetic prose, The Castaway, which continues the story begun in Sunset in Sarasota, is a meditation on the nature of memory, love and friendship, and offers a profound affirmation of the healing power of words.PRAISE FOR PIERO RIVOLTA and SUNSET IN SARASOTA, THE PREQUEL TO THE CASTAWAY:"Piero Rivolta's writings are the work of a philosophical romantic and a poet." --- Pat Kaufman, author of Hamlet's Mother in Love"Author Piero Rivolta has written a book that I found very moving and poignant... His Sunset in Sarasota is a must read for anyone who longs for a story about life's mysteries and joys." --- Jack Roberts, Cable Network, Los Angeles"What a great movie this book would make! It has a marvelous, touching story and the characters jump off the page at you." --- Joe Mazz, Genesis Satellite Radio Network"Piero Rivolta nails the layers of love, devotion and driving passion to excel in Sunset in Sarasota. In many ways, the novel totally transcends the fictive and drives home the eternal truth that love and passion must be balanced between self-definition, our personal productivity and commitment to the people who love us." --- Vin Smith, America First Radio

The Castaway (The Sarasota Trilogy)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Nothing Is Without Future is Volume 1 of The Poems of Award-Winning Poet and Novelist Piero Rivolta. Full of striking and sensual images, Piero Rivolta's poetry reflects his appreciation for beauty wherever he finds it - in women, falling snow, sunsets, Mediterranean cities and the sea.A series of lyric poems tell a love story - actually two love stories - about a young man who is torn between two women. The first, an alluring brunette, offers an easy-going romance that has no future. The other, a woman with malachite green eyes, puts him through an emotional wringer, but holds out the possibility of a lasting relationship. In the process, the young man experiences love in all its aspects, from passion to melancholy, ecstasy to anguish, and ultimately serenity.Nothing Is Without Future may not be as dark and erotic as "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Love" by Pablo Neruda. Nor is it as bitingly satirical as the love poems of Catullus, the Roman poet. Yet Rivolta's evocative lines reveal as complex and layered an understanding of the emotions that roil the heart of all romantic lovers.With the original Italian poems alongside the English translations, readers have the opportunity to experience the lyrics in both languages.PRAISE FOR THE POETRY OF PIERO RIVOLTA:"Piero Rivolta's poetry is a mix of delicate sounds plucking the strings of memory. It celebrates both melancholy and passion. He is what might be called a universal romantic, someone for whom the meaning of an object or scene persists without binding him to a solitary history; but it is his talent to evoke the power of memory that gives his poetry a flavor beyond the mere stirring of words. Though his lines are short, they suggest lasting sentences of thought, ending in a "cry of happiness" for things endured." --- Martin Tucker, Author of "While There is Time: Penultimate Poems"

Nothing Is Without Future: The Poems of Piero Rivolta Book 1 - Bilingual Edition - Italian/English (The Poems of Piero Rivolta - Bilingual Editions)

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Sunset in Sarasota

Alex and the Color of the Wind

Journey Beyond 2012

The Castaway (Sarasota Trilogy)

Solo un profumo, il resto é Dio (Italian Edition)

Homo too Sapiens: A Consciousness Dilemma

The Castaway (The Sarasota Trilogy)

Journey Beyond 2012

Nothing Is Without Future: The Poems of Piero Rivolta Book 1 - Bilingual Edition - Italian/English (The Poems of Piero Rivolta - Bilingual Editions)