The anatomist

A work at once sophisticated, vulgar, historical, and contemporary. After falling in love with Mona Sofia, a Venetian prostitute, the anatomist Mateo Colombo begins an arduous exploration of feminine nature and ends up unraveling what has been sought by sorcerers, witches, shamans, and alchemists since the dawn of history: Amor Veneris, the anatomical equivalent of kleitoris, the magical key to a woman's heart and the secret that governs the mysterious will of her love. However, when attempting to make his discovery public, the anatomist encounters persecution from the Church, which abhors his methods and rejects his discoveries, accusing him of Satanism. After all, the new sciences were only good if they served to raise gold and did not exceed the truth of Scripture. Reflections on the subversion of the female role in society and on religious taboos, still so prevalent in everyday life, make The Anatomist a controversial and dazzling masterpiece.