03212cam a2200313 4500 545391732 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544106604 0544106601 B00CR6QPT0 Amazon 07470f3c-38aa-4b44-ad09-adb5c7f4fbd3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2105976 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Chee, Alexander. The Queen of the Night [Libby]. HMH Books, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 6905kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3718kB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b>National Bestseller<br /> <i>New York Times Book Review</i> Editors' Choice | An Indie Next Pick</b><br /> <b>A Best Book of the Year from NPR, <i>Boston Globe,</i> Buzzfeed<i>,</i> <i>Esquire</i>, <i>San Francisco Chronicle,</i><i>Time Out, Self,</i> Jezebel, <i>The Portland Mercury,</i> Electric Literature, and <i>Entropy Magazine</i></b><br /> <b>"It just sounds terrific. It sounds like opera." —Joan Acocella, <i>The New Yorker</i><br /> "Sprawling, soaring, bawdy, and plotted like a fine embroidery." —Scott Simon, NPR</b><br /> <br /> <b>"Dazzling." —<i>Wall Street Journal</i> | "A brilliant performance." —<i>Washington Post</i><br /> <br /> "Sweeping, richly detailed." —<i>People</i> | "Masterful." —<i>Wired</i> | "Spellbinding." —<i>BuzzFeed</i></b><br /> <br /> A "wild opera of a novel,"* <i>The Queen of the Night</i> tells the mesmerizing story of Lilliet Berne, an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept into the glamour and terror of Second Empire France. She became a sensation of the Paris Opera, with every accolade but an original role—her chance at immortality. When one is offered to her, she finds the libretto is based on her deepest secret, something only four people have ever known. But who betrayed her? With "epic sweep, gorgeous language, and haunting details,"** Alexander Chee shares Lilliet's cunning transformation from circus rider to courtesan to legendary soprano, retracing the path that led to the role that could secure her reputation—or destroy her with the secrets it reveals.<br /> <b>"If Lilliet Berne were a man, she might have been what nineteenth-century novels would call a swashbuckler: the kind of destiny-courting, death-defying character who finds intrigue and peril (and somehow, always, a fantastic pair of pantaloons) around every corner." —<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /></b><br /></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=07470f3c-38aa-4b44-ad09-adb5c7f4fbd3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=07470f3c-38aa-4b44-ad09-adb5c7f4fbd3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=07470f3c-38aa-4b44-ad09-adb5c7f4fbd3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)