Waking Raphael: A NovelLa Muta, "the mute woman." Amidst a country rocked by scandal and corruption, inhabitants of the idyllic city of Urbino, Italy, birthplace of Raphael, are more concerned with a sudden outbreak of miracles than with politics. But what unspeakable secret lies hidden in Raphael's enigmatic painting? Its restoration will drive a living mute to a shocking act of violence and spark an investigation into a nearly forgotten war crime and a series of events that will shatter the silence gripping this community forever. Both a mesmerizing thriller and a passionate exploration of the power of truth to effect reconciliation and restore faith, Waking Raphael spins a tantalizing web of silence and lies to recreate an Italy where the romantic and the violent, the comic and the tragic, are spellbindingly interwoven. |
Contents
Section 24 | 208 |
Section 25 | 219 |
Section 26 | 224 |
Section 27 | 230 |
Section 28 | 246 |
Section 29 | 249 |
Section 30 | 261 |
Section 31 | 263 |
Section 9 | 59 |
Section 10 | 73 |
Section 11 | 84 |
Section 12 | 95 |
Section 13 | 99 |
Section 14 | 110 |
Section 15 | 119 |
Section 16 | 133 |
Section 17 | 145 |
Section 18 | 155 |
Section 19 | 165 |
Section 20 | 173 |
Section 21 | 184 |
Section 22 | 194 |
Section 23 | 196 |
Section 32 | 283 |
Section 33 | 289 |
Section 34 | 304 |
Section 35 | 316 |
Section 36 | 328 |
Section 37 | 342 |
Section 38 | 356 |
Section 39 | 370 |
Section 40 | 381 |
Section 41 | 392 |
Section 42 | 407 |
Section 43 | 413 |
Section 44 | 429 |
Section 45 | 431 |
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