The book of human skin
by Michelle Lovric
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- An earthquake in Peru tears up the white streets of Arequipa and a young girl with fanaticism already branded on her face arrives at the devastated convent of Santa Catalina. At the same moment, oceans away in Venice, the infant Minguillo Fasan tears his way out of his mother's womb. The great Palazzo Espagnol, built on Peruvian silver and New World drugs, has an heir. Twelve years later, Minguillo is plotting the demise of his new sister Marcella, a delicate, soft-skinned threat to his inheritance. Meanwhile, at Santa Catalina, the scarred young girl has become Sor Loreta, whose craving for sainthood is taking a decidedly sinister turn. Minguillo's livid jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But Marcella Fasan is not quite the soft target Minguillo imagines. Aided by a loyal servant, an irascible portrait-painter, a young doctor obsessed with skin, a warhorse of a Scottish merchant and a cigar-smoking pornographer nun, Marcella pits her sense of humour, her clever pencil and her fierce heart against Minguillo's pitiless machinations. Her journey takes her from Napoleon's shamed Venice to the last picaresque days of colonial Peru - where the fanatical Sor Loreta has plans of her own for the young girl from Venice.
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Eighteenth century, Sibling rivalry, Nuns, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Venice (italy), fiction, Peru, fictionPlaces
Venice (Italy), Venice, Italy, PeruShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Includes bibliographical references.
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13 May 1784, Venice Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying gothic Palazzo Espagnol is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child he is strange, devious, and all those who come near him are fearful. Twelve years later Minguillo is faced with an unexpected threat to his inheritance - a newborn sister, Marcella. His untempered jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwomen and a nun. But his insatiable quest to destroy her, he may have underestimated his sisters ferocious determination and her unlikely allies who will go to extraordinary lengths to save her ...
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