Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the Sun King and imagines her own enchanted future. Born on the same day--in an age when superstition, repression, and the Inquisition reign--the lives of these two young women unfold in tandem, barely touching. Each hoards the memory of her adored lost mother like an amulet. Francica's obsession with her lover, a Catholick priest, will shaper her fate. Marie Loouise is yoked by political expediency to the mad, imptoent Carlos II of Spain. But even as their twin destinies spiral inexorably toward disaster, both Queen and commoner cultivate a dangerous, secret life dedicated to resistance, transcendence, and love. Written in gorgeous prose that has the sheen of silk, Kathryn Harrison's POISON vividlyreminds us of the persistence of desire, the passion that exists between mothers and daughters, and the sorcery of dreams.
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"A wonderful novel, rich and wild and sweet."--"Washington Post Book World""Vivid...remarkable...crystalline prose perfumed (but not too much) with musky eroticism, bigger enough than life to carry you away...Flaubert once marvelled at how long it took him to shake off the smell of arsenic after writing Madame Bovary's death scene. Readers of "Poison"may feel the same."--"Chicago Tribune""Fascinating...mesmerizing...a hypnotic tale..."Poison"is a rich tapestry."--"USA Today"
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A princess-and-pauper story replete with passion, lust, dreams and ambition follows the intertwining lives of two seventeenth-century young women, one the poor daughter of a Spanish silk grower, the other the niece of Louis XIV. Reprint.
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I began to read this book and was immedately spellbound. The author had me clinging to her every masterfully written word and at the same time I was wincing in empathy to the misery of her heroines and their dark nightmarish world of the inquisition, of poverty, disease, madness and fear. Unlike many other books about such dark and hopeless situations, it is not a depressing book. Rather, it is the determination of the heroines to survive and to live life as fully as possible in spite of the risks that leave me haunted by this book, even today, six months after reading it.
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Kathryn Harrison has done a beautiful job in capturing the essence of the spirit of the times in the lyrically beautiful prose of Poison. She is a word weaver, a poet as much as a novelist, and indeed, Poison reads much like a gorgeous poem I never wanted to end. The way Harrison weaves the two stories together is nothing short of magic. Poison is, indeed, a novel that will capture both the imagination and the heart.
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A really great novel with wonderfully creative language and plot. It's dark, emotional and really powerful. It takes awhile to get rolling, but once you do, you'll be carried away with the prose and characterization.
Von Ein Kunde
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Poison is written in lyrically beautiful prose that weaves a hypnotic spell around the plot. Kathryn Harrison is a master with words and recreates seventeenth century France and Spain in a marvelous fashion. The interweaving of the two plots and the parallels in the lives of the French and Spanish women are done with a storyteller's ultimate skill. Poison is rich with themes of lust and spirituality, redemption and betrayal, sin and forgiveness. This is a beautiful, but darkly haunting novel that won't be forgotten.
Von Seth Osher
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A beautifully written and enchanting novel. The language is colorful and decadant, and drew me into the characters and plot. This is a wonderful book for those who savor a story and its words. If you're looking for a quick read this is probably not it, but if you love to be enchanted by a story, this is wonderful.
Von Seth Osher
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A beautifully written and enchanting novel. The language is colorful and decadant, and drew me into the characters and plot. This is a wonderful book for those who savor a story and its words. If you're looking for a quick read this is probably not it, but if you love to be enchanted by a story, this is wonderful.
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This was a wonderful book. Rich and poetic. Ms. Harris made me feel as if I were in the novel itself. A must read.
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I really don't understand the reason behind many of the negative reviews posted on-line. It leads me to wonder: Did we read the same novel? I thought "Poison" was extraordinarily poetic, haunting, beautiful and lyrical. Kathryn Harrison is a novelist's novelist and a poetess to boot. She is a word painter, able to design worlds so real, yet simultaneously so surreal, that it left me shivering. This novel is definitely not for anyone. It is, however, a novel for those who love words and poetry. I read this book a few years back and just thinking about it now gives me goose pimples. Think of a room awash in candlelight and incense and you get the idea of the world Kathryn Harrison has designed for her readers. The age, the superstitions, the ignorance and fanaticism are brought intensely to life in this most intelligent and powerful novel.
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Muddled plot line takes away from fascinating concept
I don't think I've ever suggested a book be longer but this needed a good 100 pages more to make sense. Certainly the concept was a fascinating one. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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absolutely stunning
This novel took my breath away and kept me reading straight through to the very end- each of the characters hasthe sort of depth that I rarely find in modern novels; they are all... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
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blood, sweat, and sperm
This was some heavy reading! I had to force myself to continue with the book because of its, at times, overwhelming darkness. Too much reality, perhaps. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juli 1998 von C. Wolf Mueting mueting@nponline.net
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