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Interviews | October 21, 2009

The Powells.com Interview with Sam Savage

2 comments By Jill Owens

Sam Savage's first novel, Firmin, chronicled the coming-of-age misadventures of a very literate rat living in a bookstore in Boston's Scollay Square. Garnering praise from authors and... Continue »

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   The Cry of the Sloth

   Sam Savage

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turnkeya, August 3, 2008 (view all comments by turnkeya)
A very interesting and unique viewpoint on a controversial historical person. Catherine de' Medici, as a figure in history, had a public life and persona that is well-known. This book however explores the young Caterina's private life from the viewpoint of the kitchen servants in her household. I honestly had never thought about Caterina's childhood very much, as her later life brought her into such great prominence, and it was great fun to join with the author in imagining it. This author has re-created in great detail a very rich historical period and done it well. I especially enjoyed reading about the rich and famous of Renaissance Florence, the Medicis, the Strozzis, Michelangelo, Pope Clement, and others, as seen through the eyes of their servants and apprentices. If the author had done this as a piece of historical fiction only it would have been a wonderfully interesting read. But she added an extra layer of fascination with her fantasy element. While the historical situations unfold factually she opens to us the magical machinations surrounding those events as perceived and guided by the magical members of a family that work in the kitchens of the great families of Florence. This book is fun and engrossing for readers who enjoy historical fiction and gentle fantasy.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780812550146

Author:

Roessner, Michaela

Publisher:

Tor Books

Location:

New York

Subject:

History

Subject:

Science fiction

Subject:

Historical fiction

Subject:

Space opera

Subject:

Fantasy - Historical

Subject:

Florence

Subject:

Biographical fiction

Copyright:

1997

Edition Number:

1st mass market ed.

Series Volume:

3

Publication Date:

1998

Binding:

Trade Paper

Language:

English

Pages:

408 p.

Dimensions:

6.79x4.26x1.08 in. .47 lbs.