The Remedy: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Lovric, Michelle

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060837039 ISBN 13 : 9780060837037

Editeur : Harper, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Lovric Michelle

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

I was an unwilling nun, bundled into the convent by a family that had briefly lost its head . . .

The nuns caught me early by my sweet tooth, hanging sugared almonds, balsamic lozenges, and candied fruit in the humid swoop of the orchard branches whenever we went . . .

I married Christ in a delirium spun of sweetened wine. I was only bitter later, when I saw little girls dreambound in the smell of almonds and burnt sugar in the orchard. For by then of course I knew full well . . . that God did not make such trees.

So begins The Remedy, a lush and riveting new work of historical fiction by the author of the The Floating Book.

Set against the vivid, haunting backdrops of eighteenth-century Venice and London, The Remedy weaves together the stories of three mesmerizing characters: Venetian actress Mimosina Dolcezza -- snatched from a convent as a young woman, employed as an actress and agente provocatrice by powerful and shadowy European power brokers; the dark prince of London's medical underworld, the roguish Valentine Greatrakes; and the strange, peevish child-woman Pevenche, whose fate and identity are at the heart of the book's mystery. The love affair between Mimosina and Valentine begins in the wake of a murder and tumbles forward based on dangerous secrets and elaborate lies. As the lovers unravel the tangled truths of each other's pasts, The Remedy lures us along a path from the dank environs of London's Bankside to the vibrant streets of Venice, through playhouses and brothels, convents and crypts, with a sensual eye for detail that breathes heady, intoxicating life into the era.

Long-listed for the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction, The Remedy is scholarly, seductive, and teeming with Rabelaisian characters -- a gorgeous novel that will keep the reader aching with suspense and haunted long after the final page is turned.

Revue de presse :

“A bodice ripper for the Mensa set, The Remedy is a ravishing, meticulously authentic buffet of words and sensations.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Labyrinthine, grandly imagined... Lovric details in titillating but fresh, graceful prose...” (Publishers Weekly)

Praise for The Floating Book: “An intriguing tale of destructive lusts and mixed-up loves...” (Publishers Weekly)

Praise for The Floating Book: “Richly textured...at turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, exhilarating and terrifying.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Praise for The Floating Book: “Rich in sensual descriptions of the city and its citizenry.” (Kirkus Reviews)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060837039
• ISBN 13: 9780060837037
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448