Cry to Heaven
Anne Rice brings to life the exquisite and otherworldly society of the eighteenth century castrati, the delicate and alluring male sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices brought them the adulation of the royal courts and grand opera houses of Europe, men who lived as idols, concealing their pain as they were adored as angels, yet shunned as half men.As we are drawn into their dark and luminous story, as the crowds of Venetians, Neopolitans, and Romans, noblemen and peasants, musicians, prelates, princes, saints, and intriguers swirl around them, Anne Rice brings us into the sweep of eighteenth century Italian life, into the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. Best Read [ Cry to Heaven ] By [ Anne Rice ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book was the first time I really understood what a brave writer Anne Rice is I had read many of her books and appreciated her style, but this book took me to a dark place that I dreaded going and figured she couldn t possibly...My husband is a big fan of Anne Rice s early works, but he won t read this one, for obvious reasons just read the first sentence of the book and you ll understand I thought the whole book was wonderful I love stories of transformations, and the main character changes so much from the beginning to the end that he becomes a completely different person Heck, it s almost as if he becomes a different species Anne Rice spends a lot of time describing the gorgeous exotic world of the Venetian cas My husband is a big fan of Anne Rice s early works, but he won t read this one, for obvious reasons just read the first sentence of the book and you ll understand I thought the whole book was wonderful I love stories of transformations, and the main character changes so much from the beginning to the end that he becomes a completely different person Heck, it s almost as if he becomes a different species Anne Rice spends a lot of time describing the gorgeou...I don t even have words to begin to describe the sorrow and poignancy of Cry to Heaven The novel s protagonist is Tonio, who is unwillingly castrated in a series of events riddled with deceit and betrayal Enraged and tormented, at first Tonio refuses his fate, but as the novel progresses he is ...Cry to Heaven was the second Anne Rice novel I ever read The subject matter is intense sometimes graphic from PAGE ONE yet too fascinating to put down What I did NOT now until way after the fact, is Anne s work in this well written book is historically correct and highly researched Among other things, Cry to Heaven is a story of life long revenge It s steeped in rich historicity of 18th Century Opera, the Church, the history of the Castrati and some other sexuality explicit, yet appa Cry to Heaven was the second Anne Rice novel I ever read The subject matter is intense sometimes graphic from PAGE ONE yet too fascinating to put down What I did NOT now until way after the fact, is Anne s work in this well written book is historically correct and highly researched Among other things, Cry to Heaven is a story of life long revenge It s steeped in rich historicity of 18th Century Opera, the Church, the history of the Castrati and some other sexuality explicit, yet apparently accurate, goings on of the Church at that time Italian Opera had conquered the world But it was the Soprano singer the world worshiped Bam I...In my opinion, Cry to Heaven is definitely one of Anne Rice s finest books Beautifully written in the lush, gorgeous prose for which Rice is famous, Cry to Heaven is rich in detail and presents a fascinating look at the lives of Italy s 18th century castrati The protagonist, Tonio is extremely well drawn and memorable His struggles to come to terms with both his life as a whole and his sexuality in particular are nothing less than soul wrenching I found the erotic scenes, criti...2018 Reading Challenge LGBTQ protagonist RTC but this was such a beautifully written bookOh my God Castrati Unless the idea of men who have had their balls cut off having sex will sustain you for however many hundred pages this book was, you will find it deadly boring And the writing was painful, too It made me wish fo...Read sometimes for the storyDon t be like the book snobs who won t do that Read sometimes for the words the language Don t be like the play it safers that won t do that But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book Stephen King I came across the above quote on another author s page When I read it, it struck me immediately that it summed up my experience with latest book I d read It has been a long time since I ve read a book that affect Read sometimes for the storyDon t be like the book snobs who won t do that Read sometimes for the words the language Don t be like the play it safers that won t do that But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book Stephen King I came across the above quote on another author s page When I read it, it struck me immediately that it summed up my experience with latest book I d read It has been a long time since I ve read a book that affected me as much as Cry to Heaven did I can now say that this book is one of my definite favorites and has earned a spot on my cherished books shelf, right beside my signed and numbered Imajica and a tattered copy of The Brothers Karamazov I had read Anne Rice before The usual Interview w...One of the most boring books I ve ever read It s a dreadful soap opera about sex and revenge, involving a bunch of dull, melodramatic assholes Most of it is completely predictable, and while you re waiting for the obvious to happen, you have to trudge through chapter after chapter of angsty whining in infuriatingly purple prose Anne Rice offers no twists, no surprises There is plenty of sex, which might have been fun if Rice didn t describe it all in ridiculous euphemisms or equate rough sex One of the most boring books I ve ever read It s a dreadful soap opera about sex and revenge, involving a bunch of dull, melodramatic assholes Most of it is completely predictable, and while you re waiting for the obvious to happen, you have t...I found Cry to Heaven to be as rich, baroque and sensual as the previous works, I ve read, by Anne Rice The Mayfair witch series A young boy was brutally castrated because of a struggle for power in a Venetian household of the 18th century After a life time of study and vocal training, he eventually becomes a star of the opera in Rome The public is entranced by his remarkable voice and stunning goo...
- English
- 09 June 2017 Anne Rice
- Mass Market Paperback
- 566 pages
- 0345396936
- Anne Rice
- Cry to Heaven