Cry to Heaven - Softcover

Rice, Anne

 
9780140132021: Cry to Heaven

Synopsis

Set in 18th century Italy, this novel takes the reader to the world of castrated male sopranos. Tonio Treschi is descended from a great Venetian family. Suddenly at 15, he is violently despoiled of his heritage, plunged into nightmare, trapped in a murderous family plot.

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Review

Praise for Anne Rice and "Cry to Heaven"
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"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"

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""

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

Synopsis

Set in 18th century Italy, this novel takes the reader to the world of castrated male sopranos. Tonio Treschi is descended from a great Venetian family. Suddenly at 15, he is violently despoiled of his heritage, plunged into nightmare, trapped in a murderous family plot.

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