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Protagoniste di questo fosco intrigo ambientato nella Londra di fine Ottocento sono due giovani orfane: Sue Trinder, figlia di un’assassina, cresciuta in un mondo dickensiano di piccoli delinquenti, e Maud Lilly, una ricca ereditiera, che vive in una grande casa con uno zio dispotico. Benché non sia troppo convinta, Sue accetta di partecipare a un crudele piano ai danni di Maud, per impossessarsi del suo patrimonio. Ma gli esiti del piano si rivelano drammatici e del tutto inaspettati. L’intreccio è fittissimo, e come ha commentato l’Observer, farebbe invidia ai romanzieri dell’Ottocento.Quello che sulle prime poteva sembrare un melodramma vittoriano si tinge di atmosfere gotiche, trasformandosi in un sinistro thriller che mescola con grande raffinatezza emozioni, suspense e scene di erotismo saffico. Un romanzo di straordinaria modernità, dunque, che introduce al pubblico italiano la voce di un’autentica narratrice, annoverata dalla rivista letteraria Granta fra gli autori più interessanti dell’ultimo decennio.
- ISBN: 886220891X
- Casa Editrice: Ponte alle Grazie
- Pagine: 514
- Data di uscita: 21-11-2013
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!! lesbian dickens! now that i have your attention... dana has been bugging me to write a review of this for the longest time, and now that she is on vacation and out of my path for ten minutes (seriously - the girl moved to my town just so she could stand under my window all night c Leggi tutto
This novel, for me all pastiche, pasteboard and mirrors, really irritated me principally because I could have read two good novels in the time it took me to wade through it. For a start it’s way too long. It’s not like Waters is serving up any profound insights into human nature or casting her eye o Leggi tutto
This totally wonderful novel does exactly what the title says, it fingers your myth, it steals up on your soul and breathes down its neck and a shudder of pleasure is felt to the ends of all your extremities, your brain will wobble, your hair will vibrate strongly, and your eyebrows will be thrust u Leggi tutto
This is a Victorian murder mystery with a lesbian romance. You will probably love it, but even if you don't, it's highly unlikely you will have read anything else quite like it.
4.5/5 stars. I don't like to use this word but this book was definitely a "mind-fuck". I went into it not knowing much about it other than that Sarah Waters has written it, a lot of people have recommended it and I had previously read "Tipping the Velvet" by Sarah Waters, so I wanted to read more by Leggi tutto
Pigeons and pearls. Perceptions and palpability. I’d explain in detail, but that would spoil all the fun. Instead, as elliptically as I can, I’ll hint at their relevance with vague allusions. Sue was an orphan in Victorian London, raised among thieves. Despite the fact that in the hierarchy of larce Leggi tutto
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