
The Widow's Opera
Eve Ottenberg(Author)
AuthorHouse (Publisher)
Published on 29. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-1-4634-4072-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Widow's Opera is the story of people whose lives have been uprooted by the cataclysms of the twentieth century - World War II, Stalin's purges and, earlier, the Armenian Genocide.
The novel chronicles the life of Ursa Smirny, a Polish refugee in New York City. It also recounts her friendship with the ruthless Nina Morphy, and Nina's mysterious husband, nicknamed Morpheus by the murderers, thieves and other felons of the prisons where he spends his time. Among the many minor characters, some are comic, like the benighted Mr. Darkwood and some otherworldly, like Mr. Tannini; a self-styled nineteenth-century humanist and bibliophile. But it is also a story of betrayal, murder and revenge that moves quickly from the first page to the last.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
898 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4634-4072-5 (9781463440725)
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