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9781908853363: Opera di Cera
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ISBN 10: 1908853360 ISBN 13: 9781908853363
Editorial: Valley Press, 2014

Sinopsis

Travel back to 18th century Florence, where the Museum of Physics and Natural History is creating its most famous waxwork, the anatomical Venus: a life-sized female figure who comes apart to reveal a foetus in the womb.

Opera di Cera combines Pygmalion myth and historical research to create a macabre romance that ends in triumph and tragedy. Immerse yourself in a sensual underworld of bodysnatching, dissection, bondage and greed, following the deformed porter, Cintio, on his rounds, while he collects body parts from the local orphanage and hospital for the wax workshop.

If there is a niche for verse dramas aimed at those interested in medical history, this book is probably the only contender...

Kelley Swain was born in Rhode Island, 1985. She is the author of Darwin''s Microscope (Flambard Press, 2009, ISBN: 9781906601034), Atlantic (Cinnamon Press, April 2014), editor of The Rules of Form: Sonnets and Slide Rules (Whipple Museum, 2012, ISBN: 9780906271278) and Pocket Horizon (with Don Paterson: Valley Press, 2013, ISBN: 9781908853295). She is a freelance writer and educator in poetry, science, and the Medical Humanities. She lives in London. Find her on Twitter @thenakedmuse.

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Acerca del autor

Kelley Swain is a poet, novelist, and critic specialising in medical and health humanities and natural history. Her first novel, Double the Stars, and her second poetry collection, Atlantic, were both published in 2014 by Cinnamon Press. Her verse drama, Opera di Cera, was published by Valley Press in 2014. The Naked Muse, a memoir about working as an artists’ model, was published by Valley Press in 2016. She lives on a farm in rural Oxfordshire, and is working on her second novel.

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Editorial
Valley Press
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1908853360
ISBN 13 
9781908853363
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
88
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