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NYRB Classics (2002), Paperback, 223 pages
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Diva Mawrdew Czowchwz (pronounced Mardu Gorgeous) bursts like the most brilliant of comets onto the international opera scene, only to confront the deadly malice and black magic of her rivals. Outrageous and uproarious, flamboyant and serious as only the most perfect frivolity can be, James McCourt's entrancing send-up of the world of opera has been a cult classic for more than 25 years. This comic tribute to the love of art is a triumph of art and love by a contemporary American master.
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LibraryThing member abirdman
This is a delightful novel. The protagonist, the title character whose name is pronounced "More-dew Gorgeous" is an opera diva. Wonderful writing about opera, theater, and temperamental artists.
LibraryThing member stillatim
Joyce Beckett Waugh Gaddis Mexican soap operas the 3 tenors Callas the silver fox American Idol Newyorkography Schoenberg, Berg, Vivaldi, Puccini, Wagner, Janacek Yeats in his crazy Irishman mode fabulous. Ignore the grating introduction ("McCourt's subsequent work go even farther into the lunatic
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fringe, the only place where I feel at home"), don't worry about not keeping track of the characters, and enjoy. Show Less
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1975
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221 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0940322978 / 9780940322974