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Title: Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice ISBN: 0-345-39693-6 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (107 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: By far, the best Ann Rice has written to date.
Comment: I am an avid Ann Rice fan. I have read virtually EVERYTHING this author has written, even the work under the pen name, Ann Rampling. Although there are few of her books that I have not read in one sitting; spell-binding as they were, I have not enjoyed any of them as much as I enjoyed Cry to Heaven. This book is vastly different from her Mayfair Witches or Vampire Chronicles work. The story gives a historical perspective of the Italian castrati; a group of young boys who showed musical promise. At around age eight or so, they would be castrated, against their wills, and taken to monastaries; living their lives in the development of their musical careers which started out as being singers for the Pope and which hopefully led them to the Italian opera houses. The story weaves its way sensually into the life of one such young boy and follows him into adulthood where he achieves the highest level of honour for a castrati, singing in the most prestigeous opera houses of the day. He is the toast of the Italian opera world but his soul is tortured. This book is one of only a very few which I have read and re-read any number of times. It is a delight for the reader who enjoys sensuality with a taste of history. Of note is the fact that there are actual recordings of the main character available to further enhance one's understanding of the world of the Italian castrati and their contribution to the musical world. This book is a must-read for Rice fans and is too often passed over because it does not belong to any of the "series" types. What a mistake to ignore it!
Rating: 5
Summary: An elegantly beautiful and emotional book.
Comment: I have just finished reading Cry To Heaven and I love it! This is my favorite book! As soon as I read the first page I was immediately enthralled and couldn't put it down. The research that was done for this was absolutely amazing. Anne Rice was so detailed and descriptive I truly felt as if I was really there. I felt such a connection with the main character, I felt all the emotions he felt while reading the book. There were parts in the book that made me weep uncontrolably, and other times I was so tense with anticipation it felt as if I had stuck my finger in an electirc socket. I cannot even begin to describe the beauty of this book. I read this book as if in a trance and could not think of anything else. Even now as I write this I sigh and smile with fondness. There are images that have been imprinted in my mind that will last me a lifetime. I encourage anyone who wants to feel any sense of passion from a story, to get this book and treasure it always as I certainly will.
Rating: 5
Summary: Anne Rice's stand-alone masterpiece!
Comment: Let me add my enthusiastic "bravo!" to the list. Read this book! This novel is a wonderful tale of music and the passion of lives fully lived...and the pain to which that fullness is wed. What thrilling, erotic read. This is the story of an 18th century castrato who is torn between getting revenge against those who mutilated him...or rising above that-- with his angelic voice and impossible good looks-- to become Italy's next opera star.
Rice steeped her novel in betrayal, obsession, the drive for revenge, the lust for power, and the need of a astarved soul to find love. But beyond all these "bodice-ripper" adjectives, Cry to Heaven is at its heart an unflinching character study of a man who has his manhood stolen from him, and of how his mind has to twist in on itself to cope with this loss.
Ms. Rice's protagonist, Tonio Treschi is wonderfully nuanced, and we get to see into his tortured soul at every step of his journey-- from the confused and unfocused pain of being castrated, to the cold, focused revenge on the one responsible. Masterful! Add to this the lush backdrop of the intrigue of the opera scene in Naples, Venice, Milan and Rome...well, this is truly a feast. And I ate every morsel. After reading this novel, you'll felt like you've earned a PhD in musicology, opera seria, and Italian political history-- it's that detailed. But the details NEVER bog down the story, just make it richer and richer. Again, bravo, bravo Anne Rice!
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Title: The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345334531 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345389417 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345369947 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Violin by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345425308 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Witching Hour by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345384466 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 22 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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