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Vivaldi's Virgins
Barbara Quick
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Description for Vivaldi's Virgins
Paperback. Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Fourteen-year-old Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. Her quest takes her beyond the cloister walls into the complex tapestry of Venetian society, from the impoverished alleyways of the Jewish Ghetto to a masked ball in the company of a king; from the passionate communal life of adolescent girls competing for their maestro's favor to the larger-than-life world of music and spectacle that kept the citizens of a dying republic in thrall. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire ... Read more
Fourteen-year-old Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. Her quest takes her beyond the cloister walls into the complex tapestry of Venetian society, from the impoverished alleyways of the Jewish Ghetto to a masked ball in the company of a king; from the passionate communal life of adolescent girls competing for their maestro's favor to the larger-than-life world of music and spectacle that kept the citizens of a dying republic in thrall. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780060890537
SKU
V9780060890537
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About Barbara Quick
Writer and poet Barbara Quick is the author of the novels Vivaldi's Virgins and Northern Edge, winner of the Discover Prize. A Golden Web is her first book for teen readers. An avid traveler and student of other languages, she has run an international boardinghouse; written everything from self-help books to humor columns to grant requests for disadvantaged children; and ... Read more
Reviews for Vivaldi's Virgins
"Quick has chosen a fascinating backdrop. Her novel shimmers...This is a good read."
Booklist "Quick's descriptions of Anna Maria's violin playing soar off the page, evoking Vivaldi's own compositions."
San Francisco Chronicle "A genuine successor to [Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring]."
Houston Chronicle
Booklist "Quick's descriptions of Anna Maria's violin playing soar off the page, evoking Vivaldi's own compositions."
San Francisco Chronicle "A genuine successor to [Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring]."
Houston Chronicle