Holy Fools
Autor Joanne Harrisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 noi 2014
Britanny, 1610. Juliette, a one-time actress and rope dancer, is forced to seek refuge among the sisters of the abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer. Reinventing herself as Soeur Auguste, Juliette makes a new life for herself and her young daughter, Fleur.
But when the kindly abbess dies, Juliette's comfortable existence begins to unravel. The abbey's new leader is the daughter of a corrupt noble family, and she arrives with a ghost from Juliette's past -- Guy LeMerle, a man she has every reason to fear and hate.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780060559137
ISBN-10: 0060559136
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: William Morrow & Company
ISBN-10: 0060559136
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: William Morrow & Company
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Recenzii
“Holy Fools is rich in style and nuance . . . an engaging, compelling read.” — Denver Post
“HOLY FOOLS is exciting and dramatic and romantic.” — Detroit Free Press
“An inventive meditation on morality and passion that surprises with a wholly uncompromising ending.” — Entertainment Weekly
“A uniquely vivid, emotionally ripe, verbal feast for the imagination.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Compelling . . . a layered, mesmerizing gothic thriller.” — Orlando Sentinel
“[A] fanciful soufflé of sex and intrigue in seventeenth-century France.” — Elle (Holy Fools won the “Elle’s Lettres” Reader’s Prize for March 2004)
“Harris’s robust humor and whimsical fantasy suits this take of seventeenth-century France.” — Juice
“Rapturous ...A dark, seductive exploration of passion and repression that plumbs the depths of the human psyche.” — BookPage
“Harris is at her best in re-creating a real sense of France.” — Seattle Times
“A page-turner with an irresistible plot, unforgettable characters and believable settings.” — Oakland Tribune
“[C]hock-full of the dazzling, magical style that made Harris famous.” — Rocky Mountain News
“Nimble plot twists and voluptuous language . . . daring.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Passionate ... Spicy characterizations, tart dark humor and seductively pungent prose.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“HOLY FOOLS is exciting and dramatic and romantic.” — Detroit Free Press
“An inventive meditation on morality and passion that surprises with a wholly uncompromising ending.” — Entertainment Weekly
“A uniquely vivid, emotionally ripe, verbal feast for the imagination.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Compelling . . . a layered, mesmerizing gothic thriller.” — Orlando Sentinel
“[A] fanciful soufflé of sex and intrigue in seventeenth-century France.” — Elle (Holy Fools won the “Elle’s Lettres” Reader’s Prize for March 2004)
“Harris’s robust humor and whimsical fantasy suits this take of seventeenth-century France.” — Juice
“Rapturous ...A dark, seductive exploration of passion and repression that plumbs the depths of the human psyche.” — BookPage
“Harris is at her best in re-creating a real sense of France.” — Seattle Times
“A page-turner with an irresistible plot, unforgettable characters and believable settings.” — Oakland Tribune
“[C]hock-full of the dazzling, magical style that made Harris famous.” — Rocky Mountain News
“Nimble plot twists and voluptuous language . . . daring.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Passionate ... Spicy characterizations, tart dark humor and seductively pungent prose.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Notă biografică
Joanne Harris is the author of seven previous novels?Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Sleep, Pale Sister, and Gentlemen & Players; a short story collection, Jigs & Reels; and two cookbook/memoirs, My French Kitchen and The French Market. Half French and half British, she lives in England.
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In seventeenth-century France, against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette, one-time actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge with her young daughter in the remote abbey of Saint Marie-de-la-Mer, and reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste.
In seventeenth-century France, against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette, one-time actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge with her young daughter in the remote abbey of Saint Marie-de-la-Mer, and reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste.