Cry to Heaven - Couverture rigide

Rice, Anne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0701135786 ISBN 13 : 9780701135782

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 1990

Synopsis

Set in the 18th century world of the castrati of Naples, Venice and Rome, this novel, by the author of "The Vampire Chronicles", focuses on two men, shunned as half-men - one from a wealthy Venetian family, the other the child of peasant parents. The novel questions our understanding of gender.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols—and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not.
 
Praise for Anne Rice and Cry to Heaven
 
“Daring and imaginative . . . [Anne] Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinnning through the mind of time.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream.”—The Boston Globe
 
“Rice is eerily good at making the impossible seem self-evident.”—Time
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Revue de presse

Praise for Anne Rice and Cry to Heaven
 
“Daring and imaginative . . . [Anne] Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinnning through the mind of time.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream.”—The Boston Globe
 
“Rice is eerily good at making the impossible seem self-evident.”—Time

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0701135786
• ISBN 13: 9780701135782
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible