A Time of Angels - Softcover

Schonstein, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060562439 ISBN 13: 9780060562434

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2005

Synopsis

Primo Verona is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he is able to predict his own mother's death while still in her womb. Brought up on a rich diet of astronomy, philosophy, and storytelling, Primo accurately reads the futures of the local community who pay him in honey cake, tiramisu, and other delicacies. Pasquale Benvenuto is the owner of a beloved wine bar and delicatessen whose culinary reputation rests on recipes for the fruited breads and salamis his father taught him to make.

Together Primo and Pasquale form an easy friendship triangle with the beautiful Beatrice, Primo's wife and Pasquale's former girlfriend. But when Beatrice leaves her husband for her old love, Primo is devastated. He casts spells to spoil Pasquale's creations and to win back Beatrice -- but inadvertently conjures up an unexpected visitor.

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Review:

"Reminiscent of Like Water for Chocolate.food figures prominently in a narrative that pulses with mouth-watering and seething passion." -- Library Journal

"Reminiscent of Like Water for Chocolate...food figures prominently in a narrative that pulses with mouth-watering and seething passion."--Library Journal

Reminiscent of Like Water for Chocolate food figures prominently in a narrative that pulses with mouth-watering and seething passion. --Library Journal"

From the Publisher:

A dazzling and richly textured novel that mixes magical realism with the big themes - war, love, death, the afterlife - to devastating effect

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060562439
• ISBN 13: 9780060562434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240