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Leslie Forbes
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Waking Raphael |
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English |
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Paperback |
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430 |
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2005-04-26 |
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0553383418 |
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Bantam Books |
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0.7 pounds |
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5.56 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches |
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Product Description
La Muta, "the mute woman." Amidst a country rocked by scandal and corruption, inhabitants of the idyllic city of Urbino, Italy, birthplace of Raphael, are more concerned with a sudden outbreak of miracles than with politics. But what unspeakable secret lies hidden in Raphael's enigmatic painting? Its restoration will drive a living mute to a shocking act of violence and spark an investigation into a nearly forgotten war crime and a series of events that will shatter the silence gripping this community forever.
Both a mesmerizing thriller and a passionate exploration of the power of truth to effect reconciliation and restore faith, Waking Raphael spins a tantalizing web of silence and lies to recreate an Italy where the romantic and the violent, the comic and the tragic, are spellbindingly interwoven.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Rachel Cousins (USA: AZ) (2006/12/29):
Atmospheric yet compelling, like the best of Daphne DuMaurier's work. Her other two books, Bombay Ice, and Blood, Fish, and Bone, are also excellent.
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