| Canto Castrato (Spanish Edition) Contributor(s): Aira, Cesar (Author) |
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ISBN: 8439709951 ISBN-13: 9788439709954 Publisher: Literatura Random House OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Canto castrato nos conduce, en medio de un encendido clima de romanticismo, tras los pasos de un divo de la pera dieciochesca, el Micchino. En 1738 las naciones de Europa se alzan en su escalada de absolutismo y frivolidad. La muerte de Luis XIV ha abierto un vac o que poco a poco llenar n las criaturas ambiguas del rococ . Ha llegado el momento de m ximo esplendor de emperatrices y reyes galantes: Catalina, Mar a Teresa, Federico el Grande, Luis en Bienamado... Y sobre los m s altos poderes se cierne un canto sublime e inquietante: el de los castrati. Desde N poles hasta San Petersburgo pasando por Viena, Canto castrato es un viaje art stico en el que asistimos al triunfo de la pera italiana en las cortes n rdicas. Pero tambi n es un recorrido por el clima pol tico de la poca, pues alrededor de la m sica se teje una mara a de intereses... Y, sobre todo, es una traves a amorosa: el Micchino repite los pasos de Orfeo para rescatar a la peque a Amanda del infierno de un matrimonio desdichado. Que lo logre al fin no es el menor de los milagros de esta novela seductora y apasionada. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION During a lively era of romanticism, Canto castrato leads us to follow the footsteps of a divo from 18th century opera, the Micchino. In 1738 countries in Europe had a boom of totalitarianism and frivolity. Louis XIV's death left a void that, little by little would be filled by the ambiguous Rococo creatures. The era of highest splendor by empresses and chivalrous kings had arrived: Catalina, Maria Teresa, Frederick the Great, Louis the Beloved ... And over the highest powers lingered a sublime and disturbing song: that of the castrati. From Naples to St. Petersburg and through Vienna, Canto castrato is an artistic journey where we witness the triumph of Italian opera in the Nordic courts. But it is also a journey through the political climate of the times due to a tangle of interests and sophistry woven around and within the music. And above all, it is a love story: the Micchino repeats Orpheus' steps to rescue Amanda from the hell of her unhappy marriage. Whether he achieves it or not would be the miracle of this seductive and passionate novel. |