The bells : a novel / Richard Harvell.
By: Harvell, Richard.
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BookPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: viii, 374 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307590527 (alk. paper); 0307590526 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Boys -- Fiction | Singers -- FictionGenre/Form: Bildungsromans.DDC classification: 813/.6 Summary: The celebrated opera singer Lo Svizzero was born in a belfry in the Swiss Alps where his mother served as the keeper of the loudest and most beautiful bells in the land. As a boy he possessed an extraordinary gift for sound. But when his preternatural hearing was discovered -- along with its power to expose the sins of the church -- young Moses Froben was cast out of his village with only his ears to guide him in a world fraught with danger. Rescued by two traveling Monks, his adventures begin, taking him on a journey to Europe's opera houses and a secret in his pass is revealed.
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The celebrated opera singer Lo Svizzero was born in a belfry in the Swiss Alps where his mother served as the keeper of the loudest and most beautiful bells in the land. As a boy he possessed an extraordinary gift for sound. But when his preternatural hearing was discovered -- along with its power to expose the sins of the church -- young Moses Froben was cast out of his village with only his ears to guide him in a world fraught with danger. Rescued by two traveling Monks, his adventures begin, taking him on a journey to Europe's opera houses and a secret in his pass is revealed.
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