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Vivien Shotwell
Vivien Shotwell received her Artist Diploma in opera from the Yale School of Music, and was awarded the Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize. She studied music and English at Williams College, in Massachusetts, and received an M.F.A. in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was an Iowa... show more

Vivien Shotwell received her Artist Diploma in opera from the Yale School of Music, and was awarded the Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize. She studied music and English at Williams College, in Massachusetts, and received an M.F.A. in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow. Vivien currently writes and sings in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Vienna Nocturne will be translated into ten languages
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Book Talk 21st Century
Book Talk 21st Century rated it 11 years ago
I received a free ARC from a Goodreads giveaway. My review is based on the ARC, so some elements of the book may change between the ARC and the final published copy.This book starts out in 1776, when young Anna Storace is just starting her singing career. It soon jumps ahead to her career in Vienna....
Garden-of-Stars
Garden-of-Stars rated it 11 years ago
A thank you goes out to Random House Canada for sending me an advanced reader’s copy of this book. Just like the opera that was the dominant theme throughout the entire novel I felt like the book itself was one of the romantic Italian operas that I fell in and out of love with over the course of the...
Book Talk 21st Century
Book Talk 21st Century rated it 11 years ago
I received a free ARC from a Goodreads giveaway. My review is based on the ARC, so some elements of the book may change between the ARC and the final published copy.This book starts out in 1776, when young Anna Storace is just starting her singing career. It soon jumps ahead to her career in Vienna....
The Archaeology of Writing
The Archaeology of Writing rated it 11 years ago
FIrst, I am not a historical novel reader. That disclaimer aside, I enjoy history and have a working knowledge of it. Once I made the transition from the more clipped writing style of the suspense I normally read (such as Daniel Silva) and adjusted to a more florid, flowery style of prose, I enjoyed...
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