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Lent

by Jo Walton
Will Damron
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From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning Jo Walton comes a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence—in all its astonishing strangeness.
Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles.
It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo "the Magnificent," the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it. It's a miracle than whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. It's a miracle that, despite the Pope's determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, he's still on the loose . . . and, now, running Florence in all but name.
That's only the beginning. Because Girolamo Savanarola is not who—or what—he thinks he is. He will discover the truth about himself at the most startling possible time. And this will be only the beginning of his many lives.

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    February 25, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781494536466
      • File size: 352379 KB
      • Duration: 12:14:07

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 15, 2019
      In this powerful, thoughtful historical fantasy, Walton (Starlings) explores the struggle of meaningful redemption. On the eve of Lorenzo de’ Medici’s 1492 death, Dominican ascetic Brother Girolamo Savonarola—prophet and seer of Boschian demons—finds a green stone at a Florence nunnery. Only after building political power, negotiating Florence’s safety from a French army, establishing his utopian city, and undergoing terrible suffering does Girolamo learn he is not who he thought, and he realizes that the stone is his key to finding hope amid shock and loss. Alongside friends Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Marsilio Ficino (familiar from Walton’s Thessaly trilogy), he begins a struggle to harrow Hell, and changes history and himself. Girolamo’s mix of moral rigidity and reflexive kindness makes him a complex yet affecting guide to this intricate set of alternate histories, each rendered gently but with a devastating emotional weight. Fans of Connie Willis and The Good Place will be awed by this nuanced, loving grapple with better selves and better worlds. Agent: Jack Byrne, Sternig & Byrne Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Early Renaissance Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola is usually painted in histories as a fierce preacher and killer of demons who was excommunicated and made a martyr. He struggled with the sin of pride. In the first half of this audiobook, narrator Will Damron portrays him as a neutral presence with a flat voice and flat personality, but his false humility as he goes about doing "God's work" is made clear. Imagine Savonarola's surprise when he goes to hell instead of heaven. During the rest of the audiobook, Damron follows Savonarola through several alternate universes, in which he displays more varied personalities as he tries to change his fates. Damron has the opportunity to depict a range of historical characters, including King Charles of France and Christopher Columbus. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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