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A carregar... Waking Raphaelpor Leslie Forbes
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This is an odd book but not without some merits ! The contrast btwn the Canadian and British protagonists' experiences with italian men and culture is interesting, as is the way the author weaves local color, history and literary styles together in a way that allows her to tackle corruption, post war animosities, and suppression of war crimes. ( ) Het is 1993 en in Italie zijn corruptieschandalen rond overheid, bedrijfsleven en het Vaticaan aan de orde van de dag. Behalve in het idyllische Urbino, het provincieplaatsje waar de schilder Rafael ooit het levenslicht zag, want daar lijken de inwoners zich niet druk te maken over zulke onbelangrijke zaken als politiek. De Engelse kunsthistorica Charlotte Penton is naar Urbino gekomen voor en zeer eervolle opdracht: de restauratie van het schilderij La Muta (de doofstomme vrouw) van Rafael. Maar haar komst naar Urbino is voor Charlotte ook een vlucht, weg van de pijn van haar recente scheiding. Om haar gevoelens uit te schakelen stort ze zich met volle overgave op het minutieuze restauratiewerk. En met elke laag verf die door haar van La Muta verwijderd wordt, lijken ook gebeurtenissen uit het verleden van Urbino iets meer aan de oppervlakte te komen. Gebeurtennissen die sommige liever in het duister willen houden. Want wanneer tijden de feestelijke onthulling van La Muta een stomme vrouw graaf Malaspino met een mes verwondt en het kostbare schilderij beschadigt, rijst het vermoeden dat deze vrouw geheimen uit het verleden van de graaf kent die veel van Urbino's inwoners ook geheim willen houden. Alles wijst er namelijk de ouderen onder hen goed van pas lijkt te komen.... This is not a book for Da Vinci fans. But if you like a more leisurely journey of discovery, with Italian art, history, and a good rendition of the twisted interplay between village and state politics, as the focus, as seen through the eyes of a reluctant heroine, you will find this book entertaining. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
1993: in a country rocked by corruption trials involving government, big business and the Vatican, people in the idyllic small city of Urbino, Raphael's birthplace, appear more concerned with love affairs than politics, their only worry an outbreak of spurious miracles. Then Count Malaspino returns after years away and his support for the restoration of Raphael's La Muta ('the mute woman') drives a living mute to an act of violence that triggers ugly rumours. Does this woman know something terrible about Malaspino's past? Did she witness a literally 'unspeakable' crime that could shatter the peace of Urbino? Her continued silence seems to be in everyone's interest except that of the gentle art restorer Charlotte Penton - and a television crew fronted by Donna Ricco, who can't shut up to save her life...or anyone else's. There are as many liars as 'mutes' in WAKING RAPHAELl - Charlotte's bitter divorce has left her incapable of expressing herself except through painting; her assistant, Paolo, won't confess his infatuation to the glamorous Donna for fear of exposing his dangerous private schemes; Donna, in turn, lies about her feelings for him; Fabio's response to his fascist grandfather is to pose mutely as a statue of Raphael. Francesco, the ice-cream maker, knows it is suicide to speak out against Count Malaspino, who has always remained silent about his past - and present - life. But things cannot stay the same. The result is a case which involves Italy's foremost investigators of miracles, causes charges to be made to the Italian Committee for Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, turns Urbino into a circus of charlatans and gurus, and requires testimonies from several unlikely witnesses - two of them dead. WAKING RAPHAEL passionately evokes an Italy on the verge of a second Renaissance while illustrating the often fatal, yet redemptive, consequences of telling the truth. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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