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Set in Venice. You know, not enough books are set in Venice.
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“How is it that one day life is orderly and you are content, a little cynical perhaps but on the whole just so, and then without warning you find the solid floor is a trapdoor and you are now in another place whose geography is uncertain and whose customs are strange?” (pg. 68)
“Passion will not be commanded. It is no genie to grant us three wishes when we let it loose. It commands us and very rarely in the way we would choose ...more
Quotations:
“How is it that one day life is orderly and you are content, a little cynical perhaps but on the whole just so, and then without warning you find the solid floor is a trapdoor and you are now in another place whose geography is uncertain and whose customs are strange?” (pg. 68)
“Passion will not be commanded. It is no genie to grant us three wishes when we let it loose. It commands us and very rarely in the way we would choose ...more
I'm telling you stories. Trust me.
No, really. You must read this book if you love to read. You must read this book if love stories interest you. And you must not miss this book if you've wondered about soldiers during war, especially around emperors like Napoléon.
Read this book if a well written book interests you. Read it for the pure pleasure of reading, for the joy of seeing the sentences strung together and for a good story. ...more
No, really. You must read this book if you love to read. You must read this book if love stories interest you. And you must not miss this book if you've wondered about soldiers during war, especially around emperors like Napoléon.
Read this book if a well written book interests you. Read it for the pure pleasure of reading, for the joy of seeing the sentences strung together and for a good story. ...more
Wow - this was a quite different sort of historical fiction. Napoleon, a French soldier, a Viennese girl, France, Italy, Russia, and a touch of magic realism are all thrown into Winterson’s vivid world.
Aug 12, 2009
Diane
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
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Apr 14, 2010
Heather
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really liked it
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