Black Opera
$100.30
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2013
Summary
Conrad Scalese is a writer of librettos for operas in a world where music has immense power. In the Church, the sung mass can bring about actual miracles like healing the sick. Opera is musicodrama, the highest form of music combined with human emotion, and the results of the passion it engenders can be nothing short of magical.
In this world of miracles, Conrad is an atheist - he sees the same phenomena, but sees no need to attribute them to a Deity… until his first really successful…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575083516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0575083514 |
| Author: | Mary Gentle |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 498g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 166mm x 46mm |
| Series: | Gollancz |
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About The Author
Mary Gentle
Mary Gentle is one of the world’s most acclaimed writers of fantasy and science fiction. Her work ASH, the largest single fantasy work ever, combines authentic details with magical storytelling. All editions of ASH were Gollancz bestsellers.
Mary holds a number of academic degrees, including an MA in War Studies, and has hands-on experience of sword-fighting and armour, amongst many other useful talents. She lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
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