Venice, 1769. The City of Masks is awash with rumour. A strange man haunts the nearby island of Torcello, a skeleton strapped to his back. A wolf wearing a priest's cassock is spotted running through the fields. A mysterious courtesan bears signs of a most unusual form of stigmata. Michele Archenti, former priest and devil's advocate, and current publisher of a scandalous collection of erotic poetry, becomes reluctantly embroiled in political intrigue. Called upon to defend the skeleton-bearer--his friend Rodolfo--against charges of heresy, Archenti must navigate the murky political waters as well as the less-frequented canals of Venice, and outsmart the ambitious new Inquisitor from Rome who vows not only to prosecute the heretic, but to see him burn. In the heady, uninhibited days of Carnival, the signs are ripe: the citizens of Venice prepare for the Second Coming of Christ.
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Table of Contents
- Librar y and Archive s Canada Cataloguing in Publication 6
- Fr utkin Mark 1948 au tho r 6
- Th e rising tide Mark Frutkin. 6
- ISBN 6
- 978-0 -88984-414-8 softcover 6
- I. Title. 6
- PS8561.R 84R57 2018 C813.54 C2018-9 0138 3-5 6
- Copyright Mark Frutkin 2018 6
- 1 2 3 20 19 18 6
- Published by The Porcupines Quill 68 Main Street PO Box 160 6
- Er in Ontario . htt pporcupinesquill.ca 6
- N0B 1T0 6
- Read ied for the pre ss by Stephanie Small. 6
- Inter ior image s are after engravings from published by 6
- Cassell Petter Galpin London 1879. 6
- All right s re served. No reproduct ion withou t pr ior written per mission of the 6
- Repre sented in Canada by Canadian Manda. 6
- Trade order s are available from Universit y of Tor onto Pre ss. 6
- We acknowledge the suppor t of the Ont ario Arts Counc il and the Canada 6
- Council for the Arts for our publishing program. The financial suppor t of the 6
- Government of Canada is also gratefully acknowledged. 6
- Acknowledgments 9
- P R O L O G U E 11
- B O O K O N E 15
- St range Arrivals and Sight ing s 17
- His First Printed Page 24
- A Fir st Assignment for the Inquisitor 25
- A War ning Unheeded 27
- Negotiat ing the Prison Maze 31
- A Nearly Imperceptibl e 36
- A Missing Finger 41
- A Billet-Doux for the Inquisitor 43
- France sca Confesses 45
- Discussions with Ants and Angels 49
- Je sus Jesus of Naz areth Naz areth 51
- Th e Hair in Statuar io Marble 56
- Th e Ar rival of 57
- A Cit y in Fer ment 60
- Th e Year 1769 63
- A Location for the Trial 65
- A Disturbing Visit 68
- St igmata Revealed 71
- Rodolfos Conversat ion with the Guard 73
- Bianca Ordered to Confession 75
- Michele Is Volunteered 80
- Pissani Visits Torcello 84
- Arcangelos Fir st Error 93
- A Venet ian Frenz y 94
- Let Your Hear t Out 95
- Anything to Oppose Rome 98
- 10 0 102
- 101 103
- 102 104
- Bianca Fails to Deliver 104
- 103 105
- B O O K T W O 107
- 107 109
- Th e Name s for Fog 109
- 108 110
- 109 111
- 110 112
- 111 113
- 11 2 114
- 113 115
- 114 116
- 115 117
- 11 6 118
- 117 119
- 118 120
- Th e St rings Run Both Ways 120
- 119 121
- 120 122
- A Crowd of Visitors Descends on the Prison 122
- 121 123
- 122 124
- 123 125
- 124 126
- 125 127
- I Will Be Watching You 127
- 12 6 128
- Th e Stor y of Rodolfos Skeleton 128
- 127 129
- 128 130
- 129 131
- 130 132
- 131 133
- 132 134
- Bubble of Glass 134
- 133 135
- 134 136
- Do omed to Fail 136
- 13 5 137
- 136 138
- 13 7 139
- Simply Stories 139
- 13 8 140
- 139 141
- 14 0 142
- 141 143
- A Book Bur ning 143
- Lo st in the Venet ian Labyr inth 143
- 142 144
- 143 145
- 14 4 146
- Fir st Wit ness 146
- 145 147
- 146 148
- 147 149
- 148 150
- 149 151
- 150 152
- Love in a Gondola 152
- 151 153
- 152 154
- A Porcine Ploy 154
- 153 155
- Th e Confe ssor Snatches at Straws 155
- 154 156
- 155 157
- What Matter s Mo st to The se Venet ians 157
- 156 158
- 157 159
- 158 160
- Rodolfo Reveals a Cruc ial Relic 160
- 159 161
- 16 0 162
- 161 163
- 162 164
- 163 165
- 164 166
- A Sigh from Mar y Magdalenes Last Night of Love 166
- 165 167
- 16 6 168
- 167 169
- Painting in a Cell 169
- 168 170
- 16 9 171
- 170 172
- A Wring ing of Hands 172
- 171 173
- 172 174
- 173 175
- A Future Cat ast rophe 175
- 174 176
- 175 177
- 176 178
- 177 179
- 178 180
- A Secret Negotiat ion 180
- 179 181
- A Sudden Nightmare 181
- 180 182
- 181 183
- Michele Seeks Out a Soothsayer 183
- 182 184
- 183 185
- 184 186
- 185 187
- 186 188
- 187 189
- France sca Arre sted 189
- 188 190
- 189 191
- Th e Requisite Organs 191
- 19 0 192
- 191 193
- 192 194
- 193 195
- 194 196
- 195 197
- 19 6 198
- 197 199
- 198 200
- 19 9 201
- 20 0 202
- Micheles Argument Against Capit al Punishment 202
- 201 203
- 202 204
- 203 205
- 204 206
- 205 207
- 206 208
- Biancas Long-Planned Escape 208
- 207 209
- 208 210
- 209 211
- 210 212
- Th e Gather ing Darkness 212
- 211 213
- 212 214
- A Last Visit 214
- 213 215
- 214 216
- A Spark to Ignite an Aria 216
- 215 217
- 216 218
- 217 219
- 218 220
- 219 221
- 220 222
- 221 223
- Notes 224