WAKING RAPHAEL
by Forbes, Leslie
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553382810
- ISBN 13
- 9780553382815
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2004. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A gripping thriller set in Urbino, Italy, Raphael's birthplace, WAKING RAPHAEL is the story of the restoration of a painting and of a community keeping secrets. An investigation into a nearly forgotten war crime is triggered when an enigmatic mute woman, Muta, stabs a Count, in the process damaging Raphael's painting 'La Muta' which has just been restored. When rumours begin to circulate about Muta, the woman--that she lives in the rotting fortress, San Rocco, on the outskirts of town; that she has a secret grudge against the Count; that something terrible happened to her during the war, more and more people begin to worry that the truth will come out. Forbes evokes the stories of each of these "mutes" with beautifully drawn characters, a wonderful sense of time and place, and the truth is finally revealed about what happened at San Rocco during the war. Author of BOMBAY ICE and FISH, BLOOD and BONE, which was nominated for the Orange Prize. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M2
Synopsis
Leslie Forbes is the author of four award-winning travel books and the internationally bestselling novels Bombay Ice , a Sunday Times bestseller, and Fish, Blood, & Bone , which was nominated for the Orange prize. She lives in London. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11525
- Title
- WAKING RAPHAEL
- Author
- Forbes, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0553382810
- ISBN 13
- 9780553382815
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION THRILLERS ALTERNATIVE HISTORY ITALY Italy
- Product_type
- 2
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