Italian novelist noted in DeBaser reviews for dark, decadent and lyrical prose. Author of La Divina, Magnificat Amour and Zoo.

Reviews emphasize themes of decadence, vanity, desire, family trauma, and erotic/BDSM elements; critics highlight musicality and visual intensity in her language.

DeBaser reviews present Isabella Santacroce as a writer of dark, decadent and lyrical prose. Her novels probe vanity, desire, family trauma and extreme eroticism. Critics praise the musicality and visual intensity of her language.

For:Readers of transgressive, lyrical and dark Italian literature; fans of decadent and intense psychological fiction.

 “When a man falls in love with me, I want to slit his throat, watch him die before my eyes, set him on fire. A woman’s power lies in contempt.”

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 In the sublime realm of "Magnificat Amour" by Isabella Santacroce, her pen rises like an ancient sibyl, weaving a symphony of darkness and light, of sin and redemption, where every word is a chord of a divine score.

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 "Isabella Santacroce writes music, juggles tones, detaches cross rhythms and metric axes, organizes chaos, watches cross-eyed, prints dissonances. If you let her play...what you hear is music" [Alessandro Baricco]

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