· In incandescent prose, debut novelist Adrienne Celt skillfully intertwines the sensuous but precise physicality of both motherhood and music. She infuses The Daughters with the spirit of the rusalka, a bewitching figure of Polish mythology that inspired Dvorák's classic opera. The result is a tapestry of secrets, affairs, and unimaginable sacrifices, revealing a family legacy laced with brilliance, Brand: Liveright Publishing Corporation. · The Daughters: A Novel by Adrienne Celt | Editorial Reviews. Paperback (Reprint) $ Hardcover. $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats Editions. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. Adrienne Celt’s stunning debut novel, like its narrator, sings. There is so much to applaud in The Daughters — its love song to the world of opera, its masterful retelling of ancient Polish fables, and, above all, its examination of the complexity of modern love, in all its varieties. Love between mother and daughter, between husband and wife, among lovers, and the intimate love an artist feels for her art.
In incandescent prose, debut novelist Adrienne Celt skillfully intertwines the sensuous but precise physicality of both motherhood and music. She infuses The Daughters with the spirit of the rusalka, a bewitching figure of Polish mythology that inspired Dvo ak's classic opera. The result is a tapestry of secrets, affairs, and unimaginable. by Adrienne Celt. Write a review. The Daughters is a novel every bit as obsessed with folklore as it is with the complicated powder keg that is family. Shortly after her own daughter's birth, Lulu, our narrator, bends time to show us the push and pull taking place all the way down her maternal line, and the way her relationships with (and. Adrienne Celt's debut novel starts with a prelude: A woman sits unclothed on a tree branch, humming. When a tired man encounters her, he hurriedly climbs the tree, eager to.
Adrienne Celt’s debut novel, The Daughters, is a lyrical, multi-generational history of folklore and enchantment, selfless sacrifice and bitter, binding love. In this gorgeous excerpt, a mother and young daughter venture forth on a gold-bright afternoon. In incandescent prose, debut novelist Adrienne Celt skillfully intertwines the sensuous but precise physicality of both motherhood and music. She infuses The Daughters with the spirit of the rusalka, a bewitching figure of Polish mythology that inspired Dvorák's classic opera. The result is a tapestry of secrets, affairs, and unimaginable sacrifices, revealing a family legacy laced with brilliance, tragedy, and most mysterious and seductive of all—the resonant ancestral lore that binds. In incandescent prose, debut novelist Adrienne Celt skillfully intertwines the sensuous but precise physicality of both motherhood and music. She infuses The Daughters with the spirit of the rusalka, a bewitching figure of Polish mythology that inspired Dvo ak's classic opera. The result is a tapestry of secrets, affairs, and unimaginable sacrifices, revealing a family legacy laced with brilliance, tragedy, and most mysterious and seductive of all the resonant ancestral lore that binds each.
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