Chinese Summary/中文概要:
The New Novel by International best-selling author Marta Morazzoni
Literary Novel by a great Italian Author
Milan, 1736: a young girl with an extraordinary musical talent lives in the monastery of Santa Radegonda. Her name is Paola Pietra, she is a young countess, forced by her illustrious family to become an enclosure nun. Her dark and powerful ’alto’ voice is her only purpose in life; but her passion for music is a threat for the monastry Abbess. Beyond the grating, during sung messes, an English diplomat in mission to the Austrian Archiduke, is striken by her voice and can’t forget it. In this way starts, from a suggestion of singing, smells, stolen images, the forbidden love between the young nun and sir John Breval, the lovers will flee the monastery to Venice, and from there she will sail on an adventurous journey in a sea full of dangers and pirates, towards England where John is waiting for her......
A love story, an adventure story and also a novel of women’s demands, La nota segreta is a narrative river among intrigues and unexpected turn of events. At the centre, a strongly self-aware woman character, a great story in which the Author confronts herself in continuous, surprising light effects.
An absolutely modern woman character claiming her right to life freedom and freedom to love.
France: Actes Sud