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The Glass Woman

Autor Caroline Lea
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 noi 2019
1686, Iceland. A cold, windswept land where they talk of witches and fear strangers . . .

'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful'
Sara Collins, author ofThe Confessions of Frannie Langton
'A perfect, gripping winter read. I loved it'Sophie Mackintosh, author ofThe Water Cure
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When Rósa is betrothed to Jón Eiríksson, she is sent to a remote village.

There she finds a man who refuses to speak of his recently deceased first wife, and villagers who view her with suspicion.

Isolated and disturbed by her husband's strange behaviour, her fears deepen.

What is making the strange sounds in the attic?

Who does the mysterious glass figure she is given represent?

And why do the villagers talk of the coming winter darkness in hushed tones?

A mysterious and captivating tale of love, fear and superstition, perfect for readers ofThe Miniaturist,The Silent Companions, andThe Bear & The Nightingale.

Venture to the wild, beautiful and spellbinding Orkney islands inTHE METAL HEART,the compelling new story of freedom and love from Caroline Lea.
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'ENTHRALLING'Stacey Halls, author ofThe Familiars & The Foundling

'CRACKLES WITH TENSION. MOVING AND ATMOSPHERIC, I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN'Laura Purcell, author ofThe Silent Companions & Bone China

'MEMORABLE AND COMPELLING. A NOVEL ABOUT WHAT HAUNTS US - AND WHAT SHOULD'Sarah Moss, author ofGhost Wall

'EVOCATIVE, COMPELLING, WITH A BRILLIANT TWIST'Daily Express

'AN ICELANDIC JANE EYRE . . . COMPELLING, ATMOSPHERIC'Sunday Times

'INTENSELY WRITTEN AND ATMOSPHERIC, WITH AN UNUSUAL SETTING'Daily Mail

'A CHILLING TALE'
Good Housekeeping

'LIKE A GHOST STORY TOLD AROUND A WINTER FIRETim Leach, author of Smile of the Wolf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION DEBUT AWARD
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405934619
ISBN-10: 1405934611
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Caroline Leagrew up on the island of Jersey and gained a First from Warwick University. Her fiction and poetry have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. Her debut novel,The Glass Woman, a gothic thriller set during the Icelandic witch trials, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Her next novel,The Metal Heart, was a powerful Second World War love story set on the island of Orkney.

Recenzii

A fantastic, atmospheric debut
The eerie opening brilliantly sets the scene for a suspenseful read. A tremor cracks open an ice floe and an arm appears, plunging the reader into a harsh landscape and a world of suspicions and secrets
Aperfect,gripping winter read.I loved it
Memorable and compelling.A novel about what haunts us - and what should
This evocative debut is compelling with a brilliant twist
Compelling, atmospheric
A chilling tale
Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting, this is a stark evocation of a community where fear of the outsider is rife and unsettling
An enthralling tale of the Icelandic witch trials
Crackles with tension. Moving and atmospheric, I couldn't put it down
Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful
A gothic novel for a cold climate. Mesmerising
Utterly unputdownable. Rich in superstition and mystery, it pulled me in.An incredible novel
Haunting,evocativeandutterly compelling. The beautifully drawn narrativetransports the reader to a time and place steeped in mystery and superstition, where nothing is ever quite as it seems.Stunning
Like a ghost story told around a winter fire,The Glass Womanistaut,haunting, andbroodingly tense.Playing out against the harsh backdrop of the Icelandic winter, it kept me hooked all the way to the end
Tremendous. Atmosphericandbeautifully wrought,The Glass Womanis both chilling and beguiling
Is this someIcelandic version of Jane Eyrein which a madwoman lurks in the attic? Ordo ghosts haunt the household?In a sense they do, althoughthe truth Rosa eventually uncovers in this compelling, atmospheric novel are more material and more disturbing than her imaginings
Lea draws uponJane Eyre, RebeccaandBluebeardto create an eerie, unsettling atmosphere ... Full of promise, and I look forward to reading more from Lea
Suspenseful,grippingandbeautifully drawn
Eerie and atmospheric
Tells the tale of the Icelandic witch trials
A tense, Iceland-set thriller
A gorgeous book about the power of stories that makes the landscape of Iceland as powerful a character as any of the humans
Ahauntingnovel thatdelivers chills. THE GLASS WOMAN ischarged with the dark energy of the Icelandic Sagas
Mystery and potential danger linger throughout, and with itsdreamy proseTHE GLASS WOMANsatisfies readers with the ways of an old world
Achilling and enthralling telling of the Icelandic witch trials. Not onlybeautifully drawnbutpoignant,evocativeandfascinating.A haunting gothic tale'
A rare look at male witch trials, set in Iceland