Life as Carola: A Tale of the Renaissance

by Joan Marshall Grant and Joan Grant

Book Overview

Celebrating three Russian literary greatsAlexander Pushkin, Anna Akhmatova, and Andrei Voznesenskithis collection of their writing presents new translations of a combined 34 poems and includes both... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898041449
• ISBN13: 9780898041446
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Ariel Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A great Historical read

I liked this book I rated it between 4.5 and 4.75 stars. I liked it because it was a historical novel. It was a good well-written story. It is about an illegitamite daughter and her mother where she joins a group of actors, joins a convent, tried for Witchcraft, and has a happy ending. It felt like I was in Renaissance Italy. I love reading about history, and witchcraft.

Life as Carola

Joan Grant has written a vivid account of her life as Carola, the illegitimate daughter of a Griffin in 16th century Italy. One in a series of her "past life" novels, this account is seen through the child Carola's eyes against the backdrop of pre-Renaissance Italy. As Carola faces major life challenges and matures into a young woman she grows both in strength of character and spirituality. Grant's style, as always, is seemingly effortless (as in Winged Pharaoh and Scarlet Feather) and it is as though she'd experienced this life herself. It's a masterly read which has parallels for today's society as it contrasts the harsh conditions of the very poor with the excessive privileges of the rich. The idea that we cast off our bodies at the end of each life (as an actor does his costume) and return again and again until we learn life's lessons provides an intriguing perspective. An unforgettable book.