Книга: Alexander Chee «The Queen of the Night»
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Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singer's chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past. Only four could have betrayed her: one is dead, one loves her, one wants to own her. And one, she hopes, never thinks of her at all. As she mines her memories for clues, she recalls her life as an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept up into the glitzy, gritty world of Second Empire Paris. In order to survive, she transformed herself from hippodrome rider to courtesan, from empress's maid to debut singer, all the while weaving a complicated web of romance, obligation, and political intrigue. Featuring a cast of characters drawn from history, The Queen of the Night follows Lilliet as she moves ever closer to the truth behind the mysterious opera and the role that could secure her... Издательство: "Michael Joseph LTD, Penguin Books Ltd." (2016) Формат: 155x235, 576 стр.
ISBN: 978-0-718-18532-9, 978-0-718-18508-4 Купить за 1329 руб на Озоне |
Alexander Chee
Alexander Chee, gay American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer.
Born in
Works
*"41, 42, 43" in the anthology "The M Word"
*"Memorials" in the anthology "Literature of Tomorrow", (short story)
*"Boys Like Us:Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories", Patrick Merla(ed.) Avon Books. 1996, essay
*His3: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers, short story
*From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up, essay
*"A Document of the Sexual Revolution.", poetry
*Artery: The AIDS-Arts Forum", memoir
*Interview in Sex Is... (1993), Directed by Marc Huestis, as himself
*, First Picador USA edition: November 2002
ee also
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External links
* [http://koreanish.wordpress.com/ Author's blog]
* [http://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/624/korean_enough_new_korean_ameri/ Korean Enough: Alexander Chee on New Korean American Fiction" in Guernica Magazine]
Источник: Alexander Chee
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