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A.R. Tapiero

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A.R. Tapiero writes grief as drowning, performance as survival, and love without safety. Her work is known for flawed characters, psychological tension, and atmospheric prose that transports readers into a gothic, historical world.


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The Devil’s Opera

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The Mother Who Drowns

4.46 avg rating — 70 ratings3 editions
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“And when their mouths met, it wasn’t wild or even lustful. It was grief recognizing itself, and finding a soft place to land.”
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" - How is Valithia’s power a metaphor for the suppression and commodification of women’s voices?

- Valithia’s power “awakens” during a moment of grief.
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“Then hate me,” he says. “Hate me right when you wake up and as soon as you lay to rest. Hate me harder than you love anything else.” He rubs a palm up and down her spine, kissing the crown of her head. “One day you’ll realize, Valithia, that I will accept anything you offer me, even if it’s your hatred. For your hatred is better than never experiencing you at all.”
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“Because,” he said. “You look like a woman acquainted with grief. And I’m the only one who can offer you a remedy.”
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“You’ll see, should you live long enough, that pretending to be something you’re not was wasted on your youth.”
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“And that’s the problem. Sometimes, she wishes he would just hit her. For a hand that lands is still proof of a hand. But it’s his quiet displeasure that strikes harder.”
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“And as Damian moved in and out of her—seeming to find rapt delight in her body, given the sounds and praise he was vocalizing—she recalled what he said earlier: you are like the petals of a flower, opening to the dawn. But what is a flower to the Sun? Powerless. It doesn’t choose to bloom. It doesn’t choose its nature. It just responds—opens, because it must.”
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“Then hate me,” he says. “Hate me right when you wake up and as soon as you lay to rest. Hate me harder than you love anything else.” He rubs a palm up and down her spine, kissing the crown of her head. “One day you’ll realize, Valithia, that I will accept anything you offer me, even if it’s your hatred. For your hatred is better than never experiencing you at all.”
A.R. Tapiero, The Devil’s Opera

“Have you ever been held by a man who didn’t want something from you? Who wasn’t trying to own you?”
A.R. Tapiero, The Devil’s Opera

“You’ll see, should you live long enough, that pretending to be something you’re not was wasted on your youth.”
A.R. Tapiero, The Devil’s Opera

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