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An intricate and authentic portrait of Renaissance Italy, especially of its feminine psychology.
Kate Howard's exceptional debut novel should be enjoyed in sips like fine wine, to better savor the lush, evocative prose all the way to the satisfying finish. It sent me immediately to my cosmetic shelf to decipher the real ingredients of all those miracle creams for which I have paid so dearly, even as I remembered that the more things change, the more they stay the same--especially human nature.--Brenda Rickman Vantrease, bestselling author of The Illuminator
This is a moving, sometimes frightening, and always surprising story. Utilizing strong historical settings and enchanting language, the light and dark pigments coalesce into a story beautiful on multiple levels.
Kate Howard's marvelous debut novel creates a seething, sensual idiom entirely its own. Exquisite, earthy, witty - this is a book of rare beauty, about beauty. In this intensely-imagined, elegant and erudite novel, the story of a 16th century Italian woman's quest for beauty springs vividly to life.--Wendy Wallace, author of The Painted Bridge
A historical novel in the old-fashioned style...deliciously complex and intelligent.--Essie Fox, author of The Goddess and the Thief
A richly drawn cast of twisted characters...lyrical...beguiling.--Summer reading picks
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In this exquisitely dark debut, Kate Howard delivers a stirring tale on the cost of beauty, packed with suspense and period detail worthy of Kate Mosse, Jessie Burton, and Tracy Chevalier.Cursed from birth by the bird-shaped blemish across her face, Flavia spends much of her life hidden from the outside world. Lonely and alienated even from her family, she sabotages her sister’s wedding in a fit of jealous rage and is exiled to serve in the convent of Santa Giuliana. Soon she finds that another exile dwells in the convent: a former Venetian courtesan named Ghostanza whose ostentatious appearance clashes with the otherwise austere convent and sparks gossip throughout the town. When Ghostanza claims Flavia as her ornatrix—her personal hairdresser and handmaid—Flavia is pulled into a world of glamor and concealment where admiration is everything and perfection is the ultimate, elusive goal. And she soon finds that with beauty in her grasp, in the form of the poisonous but stunning white lead cerussa, Flavia will do anything to leave her marked face behind.Rich in description and character, Kate Howard’s stunning novel is painted against a vivid historical landscape with themes and characters relevant today, tackling issues of belonging, female identity, and the perception of beauty.
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- VerlagOVERLOOK PR
- Erscheinungsdatum2016
- ISBN 10 1468313827
- ISBN 13 9781468313826
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten304
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