![]() Soon he’s asked to visit the wealthy Duft household, where he sings for the dying mother of Amalia, whom he comes to love. There he discovers his voice (he hasn’t really spoken until then), and his voice-that is, his extraordinary gift for singing-is likewise discovered, and leads to his placement in the boys’ choir. Born to a deaf mother confined to a bell tower in 1700s Switzerland by her cruel paramour, the village priest, Moses is literally thrown into the world and rescued by two odd monks returning to the Abbey of St. The result is a striking "revisualization" of events in terms of the whoosh and clatter of humans and nature (e.g., "Lovemaking is like singing"). Harvell’s debut novel is saturated with sound-and not just the clash of bells-for young protagonist Moses has preternatural hearing that opens the world to him in a way that it isn’t to others. Sarah Dunant, international bestselling author of Sacred Hearts A novel to engage the senses as well as tickle the mind." " THE BELLS does for the ears what Perfume did for the nose. "Richard Harvell’s first novel is a marvel of sound woven through the tale of an extraordinary life." Read the complete review -The Washington Post ![]() ![]() has written an entertaining and eye-opening aria of a book. Richard Harvell’s first novel, "The Bells," offers lessons on the experience of music, the appeal of opera and the human cost of art. ![]()
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