Where the Light Enters
Moro, Gabriel Michael Vosgraff: Der lyset slipper innNominated for the 2009 Youth Critics' Prize
Venice, 1524: The nobleman and anti-Semite Don Gabriel Moro is sentenced to death for sodomy and decapitated. Two years later, Don Gabriel’s man servant, the dwarf Tadzio, spends his last days writing his master’s story. Why did he betray his beloved master? And who is the silent stranger waiting for him to die?
Loosely based on the real story of Don Gabriel Moro, WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS is a novel about the relationship between a powerful nobleman and his servant, about lust, jealousy and ill-fated love. The book also deals with the circumstances that led to the creation of the world's first Jewish ghetto in 1516 and the burgeoning scientific experimenting during the same period that would eventually change the Western world view.
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Praise for WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS:
"Dan Brown and Khaled Hosseini can take a hike. Gabriel Michael Vosgraff Moro is a young author to have expectations of. (...) [The novel] combines the traditional composition of fairy tales, where page turner devices are at play, with the open ending of the modern novel. One has every reason to praise Gabriel Michael Vosgraff Moro for a brilliant piece of work. Where the Light Enters holds all the qualities necessary to become his literary breakthrough."
(Klassekampen)
"A literary breakthrough for Vosgraff Moro, with the potential to become an international bestseller. (...) Everything falls into place in a historical novel about the persecution of jews, murder, syphilis and sodomy, hatred and love. (...) In addition to having written a page turner, Vosgraff Moro displays an impressive insight into the history of ideas. (...) Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus and Tadzio from Death in Venice are obvious references, in a novel which fully equals the many bestselling historical novels in recent years."
(Cathrine Krøger, Dagbladet)
"One of this autumn's surprises! A 28 year old Norwegian author embarks upon a dangerous project by placing his gripping tale of eroticism, love and conflicting ideas in 16th century Venice. He sees it through with elegance and grace"
(Sverre Mørkhagen, Dagbladet)
"Successful double dealing (...) professionally written and clearly on an international level, this is an unusually good candidate for translation into other languages (...) a very safe choice for a Christmas gift."
(Dagens Næringsliv)
"an impressive piece of work (...) This is an abundant, entertaing and well written novel."
(Stavanger Aftenblad)
First published: 2009, Aschehoug Fiction
Gabriel Michael Vosgraff Moro: Biography and bibliography
