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Amazon.com ReviewSarah Dunant's gorgeous and mesmerizing novel, Birth of Venus, draws readers into a turbulent 15th-century Florence, a time when the lavish city, steeped in years of Medici family luxury, is suddenly besieged by plague, threat of invasion, and the righteous wrath of a fundamentalist monk. Dunant masterfully blends fact and fiction, seamlessly interweaving Florentine history with the coming-of-age story of a spirited 14-year-old girl. As Florence struggles in Savonarola's grip, a serial killer stalks the streets, the French invaders creep closer, and young Alessandra Cecchi must surrender her "childish" dreams and navigate her way into womanhood. Readers are quickly seduced by the simplicity of her unconventional passions that are more artistic than domestic: Dancing is one of the many things I should be good at that I am not. Unlike my sister. Plautilla can move across the floor like water and sing a stave of music like a song bird, while I, who can translate both Latin and Greek faster than she or my brothers can read it, have club feet on the dance floor and a voice like a crow. Though I swear if I were to paint the scale I could do it in a flash: shining gold leaf for the top notes falling through ochres and reds into hot purple and deepest blue. Alessandra's story, though central, is only one part of this multi-faceted and complex historical novel. Dunant paints a fascinating array of women onto her dark canvas, each representing the various fates of early Renaissance women: Alessandra's lovely (if simple) sister Plautilla is interested only in marrying rich and presiding over a household; the brave Erila, Alessandra's North African servant (and willing accomplice) has such a frank understanding of the limitations of her sex that she often escapes them; and Signora Cecchi, Alessandra's beautiful but weary mother tries to encourage yet temper the passions of her wayward daughter. A luminous and lush novel, The Birth of Venus, at its heart, is a mysterious and sensual story with razor-sharp teeth. Like Alessandra, Dunant has a painter's eye--her writing is rich and evocative, luxuriating in colors and textures of the city, the people, and the art of 15th-century Florence. Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, but with sensual splashes of color and the occasional thrill of fear, Dunant's novel is both exciting and enchanting. --Daphne Durham dovegreyreader scribbles dovegreyreader scribbles a Devonshire based bookaholic sock-knitting quilter who was a community nurse once upon a time. Utopia - Wikipedia Etymology. The term utopia was coined from the Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. The word comes from the Greek: ... Twitpic - Share photos and videos on Twitter 2017 Twitpic Inc All Rights Reserved. Home Contact Terms Privacy Home - UC Small Farm Program Four CA Regional Agritourism Summits in February & March. The University of California Small Farm Program and UC Cooperative Extension advisors in four California regions are working with local ... How to Satisfy Your Reader With a Great Ending - The Write Practice This post is by author Laura Dennis. Author John Irving is notorious for writing the last line of every novel first. What we can glean from this daunting factoid is that Irving has a clear picture ... Inside Live newsletters. Packed with the trends news & links you need to be smart informed and ahead of the curve. ... Inside Cannabis. Financial legislative agricultural and all the other most ... NECO Inc . - 3D Engineering Technology Prototyping 3D Printing 3D Scanning 3D Modeling and 3D Axis Routing are services provided for objects needed to rapid prototype and send to market. ... 3D CAD Services Streamline Design Process. Neco Inc ... The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Reviews Discussion Bookclubs Lists The Luminaries has 46226 ratings and 6352 reviews. Rebecca said: The curious case of the 3-star reviewI reviewed The Luminaries for We Love This ... ... Titus G In the court case ... Creamies Creamies Frozen Treats ... Check out our latest video about our delicious Creamies. It will leave your ... Back in the late 1950s Creamies was asked by a grade school principal to make a frozen ... "Contact" Film Review by Larry Klaes "Contact" Film Review by Larry Klaes . Contact: More Than Just a Film . RealVideo "Contact" Movie Promo. RealVideo "Contact" Cast Interviews . Copyright (c) 1997 by Larry Klaes (lklaes@coseti.org
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