Vienna Nocturne (Thorndike Press Large Print Peer Picks) - Hardcover

Shotwell, Vivien

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410464954 ISBN 13: 9781410464958

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2014

Synopsis

"Vienna Nocturne" tells the story of the turbulent life and brilliantly successful career of young British opera singer Anna Storace, a child prodigy who is taken by her parents to Italy at age thirteen to advance her career. In love with life and wildly ambitious, Anna wants everything--to be famous, to be loved--and this leads her to make some fatal choices. We watch her turn from a carefree young girl to a passionate young woman, and it is during this transformation that her affair with Mozart blossoms. The story of their love, no less powerful for being forbidden, is reminiscent of the passionate thwarted romances described in "Loving Frank" and "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." Written in melodious prose by a young author studying opera at Yale, "Vienna Nocturne" is dramatic story of a woman's battle to find love and fame in an 18th-century world that controls and limits her at every turn.

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Review:

"Vivien Shotwell's love, knowledge, and passion for music shines through this seductive tale of the eighteenth-century British soprano Anna Storace. A lovely read."
--Eva Stachniak, author of "The Winter Palace"

About the Author:

VIVIEN SHOTWELL was born in Colorado and raised in Nova Scotia. A daughter of independent booksellers, and a classically-trained singer, she has received degrees in music and writing from Williams College, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the Yale School of Music.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1410464954
• ISBN 13: 9781410464958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 435