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Title:
The Passion
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Romance
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Binding:
Hardcover
Printing:
1st
Narrative:
First Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
174
Number of Chapters:
426
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:46:52
Synopsis:
The prize-winning author of “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit“ here unveils a historical story so utterly contemporary as to stop the heart. “The Passion“ intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: the soldier Henri, for eight years the faithful cook who follows Napoleon from the glory of Empire to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the redhaired daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose webbed feet are a quirk of fate and whose several identities are created whole-cloth out of Venice‘s compound of carnival, chance, and darkness.
She plays for high stakes: in the casino she gambles her heart and loses it, literally, to an already-married Venetian noblewoman.
Henri watches young men die for their Emperor until his devotion crystallizes into the hatred born of bitter loss.
Passion does not bear disappointment well. As the army huddles outside the gates of Moscow, Henri and Villanelle, the deserter and the deserted, become confederates, and flee the Zero Winter for Venice. There they meet their singular destiny — in a combustion of love and politics, the same today as it ever was, in a novel timeless in its appeal.
She plays for high stakes: in the casino she gambles her heart and loses it, literally, to an already-married Venetian noblewoman.
Henri watches young men die for their Emperor until his devotion crystallizes into the hatred born of bitter loss.
Passion does not bear disappointment well. As the army huddles outside the gates of Moscow, Henri and Villanelle, the deserter and the deserted, become confederates, and flee the Zero Winter for Venice. There they meet their singular destiny — in a combustion of love and politics, the same today as it ever was, in a novel timeless in its appeal.
Author:
Jeanette Winterson
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Publisher:
The Atlantic Monthly Press
Barcode:
9780871131836
Country:
United Kingdom
Place of Printing:
United States of America
Publication Year:
1988
Copyright Year:
1987
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Has Dustcover:
Yes
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$17.75
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-04-20
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:46:52
