I must
confess. I am not an emotional person, but I am so easily moved when reading
books. So, to pick only one tear-jerker is quite difficult. After browsing my
reviews of this year, I think this book is very recommendable as a tear-jerker.
I mean, a book that might really jerk your tears, not just some books I have
(easily) shed mine.
Vivaldi’s Virgins by Barbara Quick
The review
is in Bahasa Indonesia, but in short, Vivaldi’s Virgins is a historical fiction
about a girl named Anna Maria dal Violin, one of the residents of Ospedale della Pieta (girls convent and
music school) in Vienna, Italy. Antonio Vivaldi (the famous musician who was
also a priest) was one of the teachers there, and Anna Maria was one of his
favorite pupils. This book tells the struggles of the girls to build their
future as women in the era of 17th century of Italy. It is a
beautiful story, beautifully crafted by Quick. But what makes me pick this as a
tear jerker, is because from the first chapter, this book has forced me to cry!
And after that, I cried quite frequently through out the story; particularly,
everytime Anna Maria writes her feeling to ‘a mother’ she never knows.
Just try
yourself…. But prepare a box of tissues beside you!
The rest 14 days of the challenge:
Day 3 - Blogging BFFs
Day 4 - Last Book I Didn't Finish
Day 6 - How I Shop for Books
Day 7 - My Blogging Quirks
Day 8 - 15 Things Appeals to Me on Blogs
Day 9 - Why I Blog About Books
Day 4 - Last Book I Didn't Finish
Day 6 - How I Shop for Books
Day 7 - My Blogging Quirks
Day 8 - 15 Things Appeals to Me on Blogs
Day 9 - Why I Blog About Books
Day 10 - Choosing Books To Read Next
Day 11 - Five of My Best Blog Posts
Day 12 - Blogger Fatigue? Never!
Day 13 - Underappreciated Classis Everyone Should Read
Hey Fanda,
ReplyDeleteSeems a good book!!! As for me, actually, I am a sensitive person and I may easily shed tears when I listen or watch a beautiful and sad opera, or when I read a moving book, or watch a moving scene in a movie (It's embarrasing though). However, I would nominate Alexandre Dumas Fils' novel "Camille; or The Lady of the Camellias" as a tear-jerker. Every time I read it I shed tears. Even when I watched Verdi's Opera "La Traviata" which was based on the same novel, I shed tears, esepcially, in the last scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW2DI9TBhSc
Regards
Maan Kawas
Yep, it's really embarrasing to weep during a movie, I do that quite often too. About Lady of Camellias, I'll keep it in mind. :)
Delete