Loving Mephistopheles - Brossura

Miller, Miranda

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ISBN 10: 0720612756 ISBN 13: 9780720612752

Casa editrice: Peter Owen, 2007

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When Jenny, a pretty but third-rate music-hall chanteuse in Edwardian London, remarks to her mentor and lover Leo, known also as the Great Pantoffsky, that she never wants to grow old she has no idea who he is. But her contract to love him will reside at the Metaphysical Bank in High Street Kensington for ever.
As Leo gleefully exploits the rich offerings of twentieth-century Europe - as a magician, fighter pilot, cocaine dealer and city banker - Jenny finds that the joys of eternal youth are more ambiguous than one might think. With the strain of constantly having to reinvent herself as her own offspring and watching friends, lovers and family live out their natural lives, she begins to regret her decision to sell her soul for immortality. But it is only when she becomes pregnant with a daughter that Leo's true nature and that of her pact with him are finally revealed.

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Recensione:

. . . a wonderfully generous novel, several books wrapped into one, and I would have been very happy to stay with any of the strands or in any of the places it takes us to - I was particularly struck by the recreations of Edwardian London and of the London of the modern homeless. It's an epic narrative full of energy, with the wild and joyful inventiveness of an Angela Carter story. It is enjoyable and ingenious, and I hope it will find many readers. Hilary Mantel --Hilary Mantel

Starts out brilliantly, strides with swagger, an ambitious Faustian romp through vignettes which serve to create a fascinating journey' Big Issue --The Big Issue

A truly remarkable novel, I read it with total fascination John Bayley --John Bayley

L'autore:

Miranda Miller has published four novels, a book of short stories, and a work of nonfiction that examines the effects of homelessness on women.

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