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Laddar... Cry to Heaven (1982)av Anne Rice
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In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols--and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not. Praise for Anne Rice and Cry to Heaven "Daring and imaginative . . . [Anne] Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both."--The New York Times Book Review "To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinnning through the mind of time."--San Francisco Chronicle "If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream."--The Boston Globe "Rice is eerily good at making the impossible seem self-evident."--Time Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (3.76)
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If milieus are her forte, character descriptions are her weakness. She can capture precisely looks and expressions (much like the milieus) which is enough for minor characters, but I find it problematic that the protagonists too are just clichéd "types" who succeed in everything they're doing (frankly, Mary Sues). The few female characters are particularly, annoyingly paper-thin and stereotypical - it's quite amazing how a female author can write such sexist portrayals of women.
This is my first Anne Rice novel and I read it mostly for the theme - castrati singers and opera history. On the one hand, Rice has obviously done a lot of research, down to the training routines at the conservatories. On the other hand, there are some blatant absurdities which show her basic lack of understanding for the art of singing. Tonio always sings like an angel, no matter how he's been treating his voice. The most extreme example is how he proves himself a great singer the day after having breathed in lots of smoke and coughing his lungs up, furthermore after not having sung for months. There are other similar examples where he's been up late, losing sleep, drinking, getting cold and drenched by rain etc. without any negative effects on his voice. "Warming up" the voice here consists of tiring it by singing lots of difficult arias all day and then doing something else, like going out shopping or dining, the hours right before the performance - quite the opposite to how it's really done as far as I understand.
All in all, worth reading mostly if you have a special interest in Anne Rice, 18th century Italy or music history. (