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| Title | : | The Book of Human Skin |
| Author | : | Michelle Lovric |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 512 pages |
| Published | : | April 5th 2010 by Bloomsbury UK |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Horror. Cultural. Italy. Adult. Writing. Books About Books |
Michelle Lovric
Hardcover | Pages: 512 pages Rating: 3.92 | 1930 Users | 251 Reviews
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1784, Venice. Miniguillo Fasan claws his way out of his mother’s womb. The magnificent Palazzo Espagnol, built on New World drugs and silver, has an heir. Twelve years later Minguillo uncovers a threat to his inheritance: a sister. His jealousy will condemn her to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But she is not alone - aided by an irascible portrait-painter, a doctor obsessed with skin, and a cigar-smoking nun - Marcella pits her own fierce heart against Minguillo.
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| Original Title: | The Book of Human Skin |
| ISBN: | 1408802244 (ISBN13: 9781408802243) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 1930 Users | 251 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books The Book of Human Skin
Everyone, put this one on your wishlist straight away - it's wonderful! The story ranges from Venice to Peru, and what a story it is. Minguillo is pure undiluted evil, and his detailed cruelties can be difficult to read - but his wry humour as he tells his side of the story is absolutely magic. The story is told in turn by a range of the main characters - the accounts are fairly short, and it keeps the action moving wonderfully from different perspectives, and there's no chance of gettingIt's a brilliantly written and conceived book - a story told by the various protagonists, from their points of view, in their voices. And the story is a wonderful yarn of old-fashioned evil pitted against old-fashioned good, but in such a way that it never deteriorates into bombastics or sentimentalities. Evil is truly evil and good isn't too squeaky clean either. From 18th century Venice to Arequipa in Peru the narrative takes us back to a time we can't quite imagine, and on the way we learn
My adventures with books in Italy are unending. Wandering on the streets of Bologna I found this awesome bookstore which happened to have an English-books section, so I couldnt help myself and I browsed its pretty shelves in search of a book with the action in Venice (a city I already visited and based on my experience with reading a book in which he action revolves in a place youre visiting or youve visited it seemed like a pretty good idea) and thats how I came across this interesting and
While not as gruesome as the title would have you believe, The Book of Human Skin is definitely a good read.It starts off a little slow, and the constant changing of narrator (one per chapter, with each chapter being very short) meant that it took a little while to develop into a cohesive narrative. But when it got going it really did get going!Minguillo is a detestable creature, Marcella is a little too good to be true, Gianni is utterly loveable, Santo is determined and strong, and Sor Loreta
The main reason I loved this was that it had a fantastic anti-hero as one of the main characters. I really enjoyed hoping he would get his come-uppance at the end and thinking about how it might be achieved (I'll leave to you read the book to find out whether those hopes were realised). Actually I thought all of the main characters were well described, but it was the anti-hero who really stood out for me. He was awful but compelling. I think it takes some skill to bring that off. The story was
It was ok. I really liked it in the beginning, to the point I didn't want to put it down. I go to about the halfway mark when it started to get a bit tedious, maybe a little bit boring. In the end I was genuinely relieved to have finally finished it.Marcella was too perfect. I was supposed to be on her side but she was completely devoid of pretty much everything that makes a character interesting, so I didn't care too much. She's too innocent, so vulnerable and everyone loves her and thanks
Excellent. I really got into her books when I happened to pickup The Remedy. If youve ever wanted to travel in time read a Michelle Lovric book. You can see the grand canal and smell the streets of Venice and the corruption on the backstreets of London. True escapism. I emerged from the Remedy in a daze and thought "oh yeah im a wife and mother living in england!" I quickly longed to wander through venice again and picked up this book from my library. I loved it from the first page its the kind
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