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Exquisite castrati singers enchant 18th-century Europe.
Cry to Heaven could be a good read for those who are interested in historical fiction that provides a unique insight into the life and experiences of castrati singers in 18th-century Europe. Rice's vivid descriptions of the grandeur and decadence of Venice and Naples against the looming shadow of the Vesuvius would transport the readers to another world. The novel is not only about the music and the castrati, but also about vengeance, love, and the struggle for identity and acceptance in a society that abhors their existence. Readers can expect a beautifully written, immersive, and at times, disturbing tale that stays with them long after the last page.
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ISBN: 9780345396938
Authors:
Anne Rice
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date of Publication: 1995-04-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 20877 readers)
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Anne Rice brings to life the exquisite and otherworldly society of the eighteenth-century castrati, the delicate and alluring male sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices brought them the adulation of the royal courts and grand opera houses of Europe, men who lived as idols, concealing their pain as they were adored as angels, yet shunned as half-men.As we are drawn into their dark and luminous story, as the crowds of Venetians, Neopolitans, and Romans, noblemen and peasants, musicians, prelates, princes, saints, and intriguers swirl around them, Anne Rice brings us into the sweep of eighteenth-century Italian life, into the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius.
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