From the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent--soon to be an Apple TV+ Series"Masterful...scary and smart, working as a horror story but also a philosophical inquiry into the nature of will and love. Perry did as much in her richly praised novel The Essex Serpent, but this is a deeper, more complex novel and more rewarding."--The Washington PostIn Melmoth, Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to The Essex Serpent, a mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe for centuries, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history's darkest waters--and now, it is heading in our direction.It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy.But, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears....
Sobre o autor(a)
Perry, Sarah
Com A Serpente de Essex, seu segundo romance, Sarah Perry ganhou o Waterstones Book of the Year Awards e o British Book Awards e foi indicada para outros grandes prêmios literários, incluindo o Women’s Prize for Fiction, o Dylan Thomas Prize, o Folio Prize e o Costa Book Awards. O livro ainda baseou a série homônima do Apple TV+, estrelada por Claire Danes e Tom Hiddleston. Autora também de Melmoth, After Me Comes the Flood e Essex Girls, teve seus ensaios publicados em diversos veículos e contribuiu para o Guardian, o New York Times, o Observer e a London Review of Books. Perry é membro da Royal Society of Literature e tem um ph.D. em escrita criativa. |
| ISBN | 9780062859686 |
| Autor(a) | Perry, Sarah |
| Editora | William Morrow |
| Ano de edição | 2018 |
| Páginas | 384 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 22,90 X 15,20 |