Ergebnis für "Virtuosa" in Literatur & Belletristik

Gifted pianist Valentine Windham, youngest son of the duke of Moreland, has little interest in his father's obsession to see his sons married, and instead pours passion into his music. But when Val loses his music, he flees to the country, alone and tormented by what has been robbed from him. Grieving Ellen Markham has hidden herself away, looking for safety in solitude. Her curious new neighbor offers a kindred lonely soul whose desperation is matched only by his desire, but Ellen's devastating secret could be the one thing that destroys them both.

Neapel um 1740: die ganze Stadt liegt dem berühmten Kastraten Gasparo Conti zu Füßen. Auch um die junge Contessa Carlotta ist es geschehen, als sie ihn in der Oper zum ersten Mal singen hört. Eine leidenschaftliche Affäre nimmt ihren Lauf, voll Musik und erotischem Raffinement. Die Liebe, erkennt Carlotta, ist wie die Musik, ein Geschenk des Augenblicks, rauschhaft und flüchtig wie ein Sommerwind. Selten wurde so klug, so hinreißend sinnenfroh über die Verführungskraft der menschlichen Stimme geschrieben.

Autoritratto magistrale per ricchezza di temi e leggerezza di tono, "Le piccole virtù" racconta di figli, di amicizie, di nostalgie, di infanzia, adolescenza e maturità. Come afferma Mario Fortunato nell'Introduzione, "questi testi non sono racconti e non sono saggi, ma pagine che fanno la spola tra un capo e l'altro dello stesso universo letterario." Scritti tra l’autunno del 1944 e la primavera del 1960, questi testi continuano a essere una lezione di vita e di letteratura.

He's a sexual dominant. She's sworn off sex. There's no way they can make a relationship work - or can they? Join world-famous movie star Flynn Godfrey and first-year New York City teacher Natalie Bryant as their story unfolds in three full-length books released three weeks in a row: Virtuous, Valorous, and Victorious.