
Queen of the Night
Recommended by The Observer . . .
''One doesn''t so much read it, as one is bewitched by it. Epic, gorgeous, haunting'' HANYA YANAGIHARA, author of A Little Life
When it begins, it begins as an opera should begin: in a palace, at a ball, in an encounter with a stranger, who you discover has your fate in his hands . . .
She is Lilliet Berne. And she is the soprano.
1882. One warm autumn evening in P...
Recommended by The Observer . . .
''One doesn''t so much read it, as one is bewitched by it. Epic, gorgeous, haunting'' HANYA YANAGIHARA, author of A Little Life
When it begins, it begins as an opera should begin: in a palace, at a ball, in an encounter with a stranger, who you discover has your fate in his hands . . .
She is Lilliet Berne. And she is the soprano.
1882. One warm autumn evening in P...