Holy Fools: A Novel - Brossura

Harris, Joanne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060559136 ISBN 13: 9780060559137

Casa editrice: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2005

Riassunto

Forced to abandon her life as a traveling actress and seek refuge in a seventeenth-century abbey, Juliette reinvents an identity for herself and her young daughter in the wake of political upheavals surrounding the assassination of King Henri IV, only to find her past catching up with her. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Holy Fools is rich in style and nuance . . . an engaging, compelling read.” (Denver Post)

“HOLY FOOLS is exciting and dramatic and romantic.” (Detroit Free Press)

“An inventive meditation on morality and passion that surprises with a wholly uncompromising ending.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“A uniquely vivid, emotionally ripe, verbal feast for the imagination.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

“Compelling . . . a layered, mesmerizing gothic thriller.” (Orlando Sentinel)

“[A] fanciful soufflé of sex and intrigue in seventeenth-century France.” (Elle (Holy Fools won the “Elle’s Lettres” Reader’s Prize for March 2004))

“Harris’s robust humor and whimsical fantasy suits this take of seventeenth-century France.” (Juice)

“Rapturous ...A dark, seductive exploration of passion and repression that plumbs the depths of the human psyche.” (BookPage)

“Harris is at her best in re-creating a real sense of France.” (Seattle Times)

“A page-turner with an irresistible plot, unforgettable characters and believable settings.” (Oakland Tribune)

L'autore:

Joanne Harris is the author of seven previous novels—Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Sleep, Pale Sister, and Gentlemen & Players; a short story collection, Jigs & Reels; and two cookbook/memoirs, My French Kitchen and The French Market. Half French and half British, she lives in England.

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• Editore: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060559136
• ISBN 13: 9780060559137
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384