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'Dazzling... a first novel of originality and, yes, beauty' The Times
'A richly drawn cast of twisted characters... beguiling' Vogue Best Summer Reads 2016
Flavia was born with a birthmark covering her face, in the shape of a bird in flight. A dyer's daughter, she grows up in a little house in the woods, far away from prying eyes. Ashamed of the mark, her mother has concealed Flavia's face behind a veil all her young life. But on the night before her younger sister's wedding, Flavia does something drastic, something that will draw her into a much wider and stranger world than she could have imagined: the convent of Santa Giuliana, just outside the city walls of Perugia.There she meets Ghostanza, a courtesan turned widow, whose white-lead painted face entrances Flavia, and whose beauty and cruelty are unmatched. Flavia becomes her ornatrix, her hairdresser and personal maid. But as white-lead paint rots the flesh below it, so Perugia, and Santa Giuliana, is rotten below the shimmer of wealth and privilege. And Flavia is drawn into a world of desire and jealousy that has devastating consequences.
'Exquisite, earthy, witty - this is a book of rare beauty, about beauty' Wendy Wallace, author of The Painted Bridge
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'Dazzling... a first novel of originality and, yes, beauty' The Times
'A richly drawn cast of twisted characters... beguiling' Vogue Best Summer Reads 2016
Flavia was born with a birthmark covering her face, in the shape of a bird in flight. A dyer's daughter, she grows up in a little house in the woods, far away from prying eyes. Ashamed of the mark, her mother has concealed Flavia's face behind a veil all her young life. But on the night before her younger sister's wedding, Flavia does something drastic, something that will draw her into a much wider and stranger world than she could have imagined: the convent of Santa Giuliana, just outside the city walls of Perugia.There she meets Ghostanza, a courtesan turned widow, whose white-lead painted face entrances Flavia, and whose beauty and cruelty are unmatched. Flavia becomes her ornatrix, her hairdresser and personal maid. But as white-lead paint rots the flesh below it, so Perugia, and Santa Giuliana, is rotten below the shimmer of wealth and privilege. And Flavia is drawn into a world of desire and jealousy that has devastating consequences.
'Exquisite, earthy, witty - this is a book of rare beauty, about beauty' Wendy Wallace, author of The Painted Bridge
Kate Howard s exceptional debut novel should be enjoyed in sips like fine wine, to better savor the lush, evocative prose all the way to the satisfying finish. It sent me immediately to my cosmetic shelf to decipher the real ingredients of all those miracle creams for which I have paid so dearly, even as I remembered that the more things change, the more they stay the same especially human nature. --Brenda Rickman Vantrease, bestselling author of The Illuminator"
Kate Howard s marvelous debut novel creates a seething, sensual idiom entirely its own. Exquisite, earthy, witty this is a book of rare beauty, about beauty. In this intensely-imagined, elegant and erudite novel, the story of a 16th century Italian woman s quest for beauty springs vividly to life. --Wendy Wallace, author of The Painted Bridge"
A historical novel in the old-fashioned style deliciously complex and intelligent. --Essie Fox, author of The Goddess and the Thief"
Kate Howard s marvelous debut novel creates a seething, sensual idiom entirely its own. Exquisite, earthy, witty this is a book of rare beauty, about beauty. In this intensely-imagined, elegant and erudite novel, the story of a 16th century Italian woman s quest for beauty springs vividly to life. --Wendy Wallace, author of The Painted Bridge"
A historical novel in the old-fashioned style deliciously complex and intelligent. --Essie Fox, author of The Goddess and the Thief"
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- ÉditeurOverlook Pr
- Date d'édition2016
- ISBN 10 1468313827
- ISBN 13 9781468313826
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages300
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The Ornatrix: A Novel
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