The Scroll of Seduction - Softcover

Gioconda Belli; Lisa Dillman (translator)

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2,145 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060833122 ISBN 13: 9780060833121

Publisher: Rayo, 2006

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Drawn to sixteen-year-old Lucia during a visit to Madrid's Prado museum, art historian Manuel draws parallels between Lucia's exotic beauty and the physical features of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelle's daughter Juana the Mad, whose story Lucia and Manuel find themselves replaying in the modern world. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

."A lush novel that draws in equal measure on history and human passion, The Scroll of Seduction bears a passing resemblance to Jane Eyre, Like Water for Chocolate and The Historian." -- Los Angeles Times

Praise for THE COUNTRY UNDER MY SKIN -- :

"A lush memoir..both intensely personal and informatively political..An honest, insider's account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love." -- Publishers Weekly

Praise for SCROLL OF SEDUCTION -- Praise for SCROLL OF SEDUCTION

."a fascinating account. richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring." -- Library Journal

."A fascinating account. richly told...a feel similar to Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring." -- Library Journal

."rigorously imagined and sumptuously presented." -- Booklist

"Romantic and engaging." -- Philadelphia City Paper

."..rigorously imagined and sumptuously presented..."--Booklist

"The Scroll of Seduction engages the reader on multiple levels...an intelligent work of fiction."--Daily News

About the Author:

Gioconda Belli's poetry and fiction have been published in many languages. Her first novel, The Inhabited Woman, was an international bestseller; her collection of poems, Linea de fuego, won the prestigious Casa de las Americas Prize. She lives in Santa Monica, California, and Managua, Nicaragua.

Nacida en Managua, Nicaragua, Gioconda Belli es autora de una importante obra poetica de reconocido prestigio internacional. Es autora de La mujer habitada, Sofia de los presagios, Waslala, El taller de las mariposas y un libro de memorias titulado El pais bajo mi piel. Publicada por las editoriales mas prestigiosas del mundo, Gioconda Belli vive desde 1990 entre Estados Unidos y Nicaragua.

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