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Women's Book Night Barbara Quick
Vivaldi's Virgins
Wednesday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm
Women's Book Night heats up with Barbara Quick, author of Vivaldi's Virgins. Pairing the seductive appeal of a legendary composer with the coming of age of a violin prodigy, Quick's enthralling novel, just out in paperback, recreates Vivaldi's Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. Women's Book Night features free chair massage, wine, gourmet chocolates, and other enticing extras.
In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivaldi's Virgins unfolds through the eyes of Anna Maria dal Violin, one of the elite musicians cloistered in the foundling home where Antonio Vivaldi -- known as the Red Priest of Venice -- is maestro and composer.
Fourteen-year-old Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. Her quest takes her beyond the cloister walls into the complex tapestry of Venetian society; from the impoverished alleyways of the Jewish Ghetto to a masked ball in the company of a king; from the passionate communal life of adolescent girls competing for their maestro's favor to the larger-than-life world of music and spectacle that kept the citizens of a dying republic in thrall. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be.
A virtuoso performance in the tradition of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vivaldi's Virgins is a fascinating glimpse inside the source of Vivaldi's musical legacy, interwoven with the gripping story of a remarkable young woman's coming-of-age in a deliciously evocative time and place.
Orders/Information:
Vivaldi's Virgins
Paperback, HarperCollins, $14.95 ISBN 9780060890537
Todd Walton & Marcia Sloane Buddha in a Teacup
Sunday, October 19, 3 pm
Todd Walton and Marcia Sloane present an afternoon of stories and music from Buddha in a Teacup and other works.
Inspired by the teachings of the Buddha, the forty-two contemporary short stories of Buddha in a Teacup will uplift and inspire modern-day readers, who needn't have interest in Buddhist spiritual practice nor be familiar with Buddhist jargon to derive full enjoyment from reading them. The tales express universal human predicaments and challenges that transcend any particular philosophical or religious orientation. Some of the stories are humorous, some sad, some erotic, some enigmatic; all are linked by the themes of mindfulness, nonviolence, honesty, compassion, forgiveness, generosity, and love -- perhaps the greatest remaining hope for our otherwise savage society.
Orders/Information:
Buddha in a Teacup
Hardcover, Lost Coast Press, $19.95 ISBN 9780060890537
All Book Events are free.
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