MICHELLE LOVRIC

It is the age of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, when Europe burns with a passion for long-flowing locks. And when seven sisters, born into fatherless poverty in Ireland, grow up with hair cascading down their backs, to their ankles, and beyond, men are not slow to recognise their potential. It begins with a singing and dancing septet, with Irish jigs kicked out in dusty church halls. But it is not the sisters' singing or their dancing that fills the seats: it is the torrents of hair they let loose at the end of each show. And their hair will take dark-hearted Darcy, bickering twins Berenice and Enda, plain Pertilly, gentle Oona, wild Ida and fearful, flame-haired Manticory - the inimitable narrator of their on-and-off stage adventures - out of poverty, through the dance halls of Ireland, to the salons of Dublin and the palazzi of Venice. It will bring some of them love and each of them loss. For their past trails behind the sisters like the tresses on their heads, and their fame and fortune will come at a terrible price...

En la Venecia de 1468 la revolución de la palabra impresa cautiva y aterroriza a la ciudad más seductora de Europa. La hermosa pero despiadada Sosia Simeón, esposa de un médico judío muy conocido, se mueve a placer por la ciudad impulsada por una extraña compulsion que la lleva a buscar placeres ilicitos con hombres de toda condicion.En la otra orilla del Gran Canal, Wendelin von Speyer acaba de llegar de Alemania con una revolucion cultural: los tipos moviles de Gutenberg. Junto al joven editor de textos Bruno Uguccione y el seductor amanuense Felice Feliciano, instala la primera imprenta de la ciudad.Al poco, se desarrolla un triangulo amoroso entre Sosia, Felice y Bruno, quien queda fascinado con los versos de Cayo Valerio Catulo, el poeta erotico romano. La trama se complica cuando Wendelin, desafiando al destino, publica al poeta romano, lo que cambiara para siempre la vida de todos.Lovric despliega su novela como un gran telon de arrebatador terciopelo rojo veneciano, en el que las verdades y las mentiras se entretejen suavemente y adquieren un tacto asombroso. Todo esto, junto a una galeria de personajes extraordinarios, hace de la lectura de esta novela una experiencia inolvidable, tanto para los amantes de la historia como para los de la palabra impresa."Poco a poco, la deslumbrante y opulenta Venecia del siglo XV va cobrando vida."The Washington Post"Lovric situa figuras historicas como el impresor aleman Wendelin von Speyer junto a creaciones extraordinarias como Sosia Simeon para urdir una trama cargada de intriga sobre lujurias destructivas en los primeros tiempos de la imprenta."Publishers Weekly"En esta epoca de cursos de literatura "creativa", de ficcion de "infimo comun denominador", resulta refrescante y estimulante leer un libro de una autora que esta genuinamente interesada por las palabras."The Washington Post Book World

It is the age of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, when Europe burns with a passion for long, flowing locks. And when seven Irish sisters, penniless and fatherless, grow up with hair cascading down their backs, to their ankles, and beyond, men are not slow to recognise their potential. It begins with a singing and dancing septet, but this is not what fills the seats: it is the torrents of hair they let loose at the end of each show. Their hair is a rich offering and will take the sisters out of poverty, through the dance halls of Ireland, to the salons of Dublin and the palazzi of Venice. It will bring them suitors and obsessive admirers, it will bring some of them love, and each of them loss. For their past trails behind the sisters like the tresses on their heads and their fame and fortune will come at a terrible price...

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