Zvona
Basic information
- Author: Harvell Richard
- Publisher: Šareni dućan
- Availability: Available
- Condition: Excellent
- Code: 56272
Shipping options
Payment methods
Explore more
Zvona
Harvell Richard
Summary
Richard Harvell: The Bells
The story of Mojsi Froben's amazing journey from a poor man born on a bell tower in the Swiss Alps to an opera star of enormous success on the biggest European stages is an epic work about emotional truths, which brings: love, beauty, innocence, art, tragedy, drama, dilemmas, hatred, loyalty, courage, fear. Moses is a hero who opens the door to the human soul, and he does it with his sound, breath, and voice. He possesses not only extremely refined hearing but also a great singing voice, which enables him to overcome his humble origins and become Lo Svizzero, a musical sensation of the eighteenth century.
In the papers he left to his son, Moisje recounts at length how the monks Nicolai and Remus saved him from his father's murderous plan and took him to his abbey, where the choir director recognized the boy's gift and resorted to inhuman means to preserve it. In the neighboring town, Moises meets Amalia Duft, the daughter of the richest man in the entire region, whose love becomes the beacon of his life after castration. Despite an opening note that reveals part of the story, Harvell skillfully builds suspense and tension as Moses battles the overwhelming forces of the noble family into which Amalia was forced to marry in accordance with the principle of doubling wealth, ultimately achieving both a bittersweet epilogue. Allowing himself several free interpretations of history, including historical figures as actors of the novel (such as the composer Willibald Gluck and the famous castrato singer Gaetano Guadagni), Harvell has shaped a suspenseful debut novel that is all resounding with sounds, in short: a musical and literary treat.
The reader does not have to be an opera devotee or a classical music enthusiast to be able to appreciate this great novel. If you like to read well-told historical fiction, find poetry in language and sensitivity in style, literary prose in which unforgettable characters appear in authentic locations, in which the action inspires and intrigues you, then Bells is the novel for you. Excellently written, refined page-turner, a larger-than-life story that is breathless!
Additional information
- Author: Harvell Richard
- Publisher: Šareni dućan
- Year of publication:2010
- Place of publication:Koprivnica
- Pages:332
- Dimensions:16x24 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:Excellent
- Binding:Hardcover
Reviews
0 reviewsWrite a review
Share your experience and help other readers choose.
This item has no reviews yet. Be the first to share your experience.
More books from Šareni dućan
You may also like
