The Castle of Whispers
Carole Martinez
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
This Goncourt Lyceens Award-winning novel is "a powerfully visualized magic-realist fable" of secrets, faith, and female defiance in twelfth century France (Kirkus Reviews).
France, 1187. On the day of her wedding, the beautiful fifteen-year-old Esclarmonde scandalizes the court when she refuses to marry the knight chosen by her father, the brutish lord of the domain of Whispers. Defying her father's wishes, she vows to give herself to God. To punish her willfulness, her father imprisons her in a cell adjoining the castle's chapel. Instead of the peaceful solitude she sought, Esclarmonde finds in her cell the crossroads between the living and the dead. Walled in, with nothing but a single barred window connecting her to the outside world, Esclarmonde exerts a mysterious power over the kingdom. The virgin sorceress reaches a saint-like status, and men and women journey from far and wide to hear her speak. When even her own father falls under her sway, Esclarmonde persuades him to undertake an ill-fated war in the Holy Land.Product Details
Price
$22.95
$21.34
Publisher
Europa Editions
Publish Date
February 04, 2014
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.7 X 8.4 X 1.0 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781609451820
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About the Author
Carole Martinez teaches French at a middle school in Issy-les-Moulineaux. She began writing during her maternity leave in 2005. The Castle of Whispers is her second novel, following The Threads of the Heart.
Reviews
In Carole Martinez s lush prose, this period novel appears astonishingly modern The Castle of Whispers rolls out its music, intoxicating. L express
The second novel from Carole Martinez is cut from the same cloth as her first, The Threads of the Heart It confirms that this 44-year-old woman is a marvelous storyteller. Le Figaro
From one finely orchestrated plot twist to another, the story or rather the heady voice of Esclarmonde pulls us through time to the realm of the living and of the dead, of history and of legend. Telerama
There is much D. H. Lawrence in Carole Martinez s writing. Bibliobs "
"In Carole Martinez's lush prose, this period novel appears astonishingly modern... The Castle of Whispers rolls out its music, intoxicating."--L'express "The second novel from Carole Martinez is cut from the same cloth as her first, The Threads of the Heart...It confirms that this 44-year-old woman is a marvelous storyteller."--Le Figaro "From one finely orchestrated plot twist to another, the story--or rather the heady voice of Esclarmonde--pulls us through time to the realm of the living and of the dead, of history and of legend."--T'l'rama "There is much D. H. Lawrence in Carole Martinez's writing."--Bibliobs
The second novel from Carole Martinez is cut from the same cloth as her first, The Threads of the Heart It confirms that this 44-year-old woman is a marvelous storyteller. Le Figaro
From one finely orchestrated plot twist to another, the story or rather the heady voice of Esclarmonde pulls us through time to the realm of the living and of the dead, of history and of legend. Telerama
There is much D. H. Lawrence in Carole Martinez s writing. Bibliobs "
"In Carole Martinez's lush prose, this period novel appears astonishingly modern... The Castle of Whispers rolls out its music, intoxicating."--L'express "The second novel from Carole Martinez is cut from the same cloth as her first, The Threads of the Heart...It confirms that this 44-year-old woman is a marvelous storyteller."--Le Figaro "From one finely orchestrated plot twist to another, the story--or rather the heady voice of Esclarmonde--pulls us through time to the realm of the living and of the dead, of history and of legend."--T'l'rama "There is much D. H. Lawrence in Carole Martinez's writing."--Bibliobs
