The Floating Book
Autor Michelle Lovricen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iun 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408843833
ISBN-10: 1408843838
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1408843838
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Reissued
to
coincide
with
the
paperback
publication
ofThe
True
and
Splendid
History
of
the
Harristown
Sistersin
a
stunning
new
series
look
Notă biografică
Michelle
Lovric
is
the
author
of
four
novels
-Carnevale,
The
Remedy(Longlisted
for
The
Orange
Prize
2005),The
Book
of
Human
Skin(a
TV
Book
Club
pick
in
2011),
and,
most
recently,The
True
and
Splendid
History
of
the
Harristown
Sisters,
as
well
as
four
children's
books.
Her
bookLove
Letters:
An
Anthology
of
Passionwas
aNew
York
Timesbestseller.
She
divides
her
time
between
London
and
Venice.www.michellelovric.com
Recenzii
A
richly
textured
tale
of
love
and
learning,
lust
and
superstition
that
is
at
turns
heartwarming
and
heartbreaking,
exhilarating
and
terrifying
...
prose
as
luminous
as
a
Venetian
dawn'
Opulent and ravishing - you find yourself thinking about the nature of obsession ... about witchcraft ... about Judaism, about the effects of the plague, prostitution, medicine ... hypocrisy, betrayal, loyalty and disgrace. In Short, fifteenth-century Venice slowly comes alive
A stunning evocation of fifteenth-century Venice ... spine-tingling ... Has the power to transport
Lovric thrusts out her story like a great bolt of ravishing, red Venetian velvet, the truths and fables in it woven smooth, the very texture of it breathtaking
[Lovric] reveal[s] herself as a gifted and individual phrasemaker - always revealing, never anachronistic ... Add to this writing talent the many other virtues Lovric brings toThe Floating Book- a command of her subject that is so intimate that it is almost indecent; a similarly intimate facility with Catullus's poetry, which she translates herself; her thorough and (more important) use of her prodigious research - and you can see how rewardingThe Floating Bookcan be ... it is refreshing and heartening to read a book by a writer who is genuinely interested in words
Meticulous historical detail and a splendid, complex story make this portrait of Venice and its denizens memorable and moving
An enthralling tale of love, obsession and religious fervour. Lovric's narrative, featuring many historical figures, convincingly recreates a fascinating time in history
A lusty, atmospheric book, skilfully constructed
Lush, exotic and dripping with sensuality ... A fantastic novel of epic proportions
Lovric spins an intrigue-laden tale of destructive lusts and mixed-up loves in the early days of the printing press. She has an eye for sensual detail, conveying the sights and smells of the city's markets and palazzo
Opulent and ravishing - you find yourself thinking about the nature of obsession ... about witchcraft ... about Judaism, about the effects of the plague, prostitution, medicine ... hypocrisy, betrayal, loyalty and disgrace. In Short, fifteenth-century Venice slowly comes alive
A stunning evocation of fifteenth-century Venice ... spine-tingling ... Has the power to transport
Lovric thrusts out her story like a great bolt of ravishing, red Venetian velvet, the truths and fables in it woven smooth, the very texture of it breathtaking
[Lovric] reveal[s] herself as a gifted and individual phrasemaker - always revealing, never anachronistic ... Add to this writing talent the many other virtues Lovric brings toThe Floating Book- a command of her subject that is so intimate that it is almost indecent; a similarly intimate facility with Catullus's poetry, which she translates herself; her thorough and (more important) use of her prodigious research - and you can see how rewardingThe Floating Bookcan be ... it is refreshing and heartening to read a book by a writer who is genuinely interested in words
Meticulous historical detail and a splendid, complex story make this portrait of Venice and its denizens memorable and moving
An enthralling tale of love, obsession and religious fervour. Lovric's narrative, featuring many historical figures, convincingly recreates a fascinating time in history
A lusty, atmospheric book, skilfully constructed
Lush, exotic and dripping with sensuality ... A fantastic novel of epic proportions
Lovric spins an intrigue-laden tale of destructive lusts and mixed-up loves in the early days of the printing press. She has an eye for sensual detail, conveying the sights and smells of the city's markets and palazzo