Cry to Heaven: A Novel
Nov 2010 · Ballantine Books
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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
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
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4.7
44 reviews
Brandy Lindley
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12 July 2017
I struggled to capture the scenes due to an insatiable appetite for the outcome. This is a good story, that I pushed past the drawn out back drop in order to unfold the true story. I missed so much in hast to get to the end. I have not yet mastered to ability to see what the author wants readers to see as a scene. This book made me realize what I have missed in all the other books that I have read. Don't be hasty to finish this book. Relish the backdrop, the scenes, the dress, the era. Anne rice would make an amazing director with her visions and research. One to remember. Thanks
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Darla Fetterman
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5 July 2019
One of Anne Rice's best, in my opinion! Even to the smallest detail she is true and the story itself is compelling and very well written.
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carol norelius
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24 February 2015
This young man goes through so much, wanting to be a male soprano. But who did it
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About the author
Anne Rice is the author of thirty-seven books, including the Vampire Chronicles, the Lives of the Mayfair Witches, and the Wolf Gift book series. Rice was born in New Orleans in 1941 and grew up there and in Texas. She lived in San Francisco with her husband, the poet and painter, Stan Rice until 1988, when they returned to New Orleans to live with their son, Christopher. In 2006, Rice moved to Rancho Mirage, California. She died in 2021.
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