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Carregando... Cry to Heaven (original: 1982; edição: 1995)de Anne Rice
Informações da ObraCry to Heaven de Anne Rice (1982)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This novel is everything I would expect from Anne Rice, and then some. It's filled with her elegant descriptions of time and place with commendable attention to historic detail, and the characters become familiar figures ingrained in one's mind as the story unravels. As with many of Rice's other novels, this novel features references and vivid descriptions of homosexuality. Something that I did not expect, and found a welcoming surprise, was Rice's use of genderbending throughout the novel. This is perhaps the most compelling reason that I would re-read this book (something I rarely do) and recommend this book. I cannot think of another novel that uses gender in such a beautiful way. ( ) La autora nos escolta en un viaje en el tiempo al fascinante mundo de los castrati del siglo XVIII, los hombres a los que la castración en la infancia dotaba de voces de soprano. Famosos en las cortes reales y en los teatros de la ópera de toda Europa, eran adulados por sus voces gloriosas, pero también se les rechazaba como a un tercer seño. I would never argue with anyone who gave Cry to Heaven a low rating. To me, personally, it was a game changer in queer romance and a gateway to many other wonderful, strange things. Dive head in if you want to get lost in Rice's lush writing without reading a 20 book series or engaging in her personal religious torment. This book is addicting. The story in itself is amazing but there are times when it's a bit too detailed or something. Thought the whole book, something kept me reading. It wasn't anything spectacular but the amazing way of writing in this book just kept me hooked until the end. I can't really describe it but there is something that won't let you stop reading until you finish the book. I'm serious! sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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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 Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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