Cry to Heaven - Hardcover

Rice, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701135786 ISBN 13: 9780701135782

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1990

Synopsis

Set in the 18th century world of the castrati of Naples, Venice and Rome, this novel, by the author of "The Vampire Chronicles", focuses on two men, shunned as half-men - one from a wealthy Venetian family, the other the child of peasant parents. The novel questions our understanding of gender.

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Review

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""

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

About the Author

Anne Rice is the author of thirty-two books. She lives in Palm Desert, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701135786
• ISBN 13: 9780701135782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544