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"The world was called Montefiore, as far as she knew, and from her aerie on every side all the world descended." The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. There she spends her days cosseted by Primavera Vecchia, the earthy cook, and Fra Ludovico, a priest who tends to their souls between bites of ham and sips of wine. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm -- and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sisters, the lovely and vain Lucrezia -- decadent children of a wicked pope -- no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Bianca under the care -- so to speak -- of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest there can be found salvation as well... "The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say." A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White -- and has a truth and beauty all its own. Book jacket. |
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Table of Contents |
The roofs of Montefiore | | | | | | 1 | 1502 | | | | | | | The name of the world | | | | | | 5 | Lago Verde | | | | | | 9 | What they told her, what she saw | | | | | | 15 | Don't leave, don't follow | | | | | | 21 | A pack of dirty thieves | | | | | | 27 | Trouble and his sister | | | | | | 29 | I am a girl who did no wrong | | | | | | 32 | Cesare | | | | | | 33 | Lucrezia | | | | | | 35 | I am a woman who slept with my father the Pope | | | | | | 37 | What I saw then | | | | | | 39 | I am a rock whose hands have appetites | | | | | | 41 | A moment ago | | | | | | 43 | A stroll in the country | | | | | | 45 | Under the twists of thornbank | | | | | | 51 | What lies in the mirror | | | | | | 53 | Prince Dschem's secret | | | | | | 55 | The three eyes of God | | | | | | 65 | The vision in San Francesco | | | | | | 71 | 1506 | | | | | | | Bianca awake | | | | | | 81 | Shades of rock | | | | | | 97 | I am a gooseboy or am I a goose | | | | | | 104 | Mirrormirror | | | | | | 105 | I am a hunter who cannot kill | | | | | | 111 | Bring me her heart carved from her chest | | | | | | 113 | Interview with an assassin | | | | | | 123 | A walk in the woods | | | | | | 125 | The heart of the woods | | | | | | 131 | I am a rock and my brothers are rocks | | | | | | 137 | Seven | | | | | | 139 | 1512 | | | | | | | The dwarves | | | | | | 147 | A hole in the world | | | | | | 157 | The beast in the wall | | | | | | 163 | Al-iksir | | | | | | 171 | Vicente | | | | | | 177 | Mirror mirror | | | | | | 187 | The return of the prodigal | | | | | | 191 | Beware beware | | | | | | 199 | The figure in the clearing | | | | | | 205 | Interviews | | | | | | 211 | An ivory comb, my dear | | | | | | 217 | I am a girl who did little wrong | | | | | | 225 | She wakes once more | | | | | | 227 | A bodice, my darling | | | | | | 231 | Two bites from the Apple | | | | | | 235 | The oval window | | | | | | 245 | I am a woman who killed for love | | | | | | 249 | Reflections | | | | | | 251 | Vigil | | | | | | 255 | 1519 | | | | | | | Thais | | | | | | 259 | Fire and ivy | | | | | | 265 | The heart of the matter | | | | | | 271 | Montefiore | | | | | | 275 | Note | | | | | | 277 | Acknowledgments | | | | | | 279 |
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