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Fyneshade: A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of 2023 de Kate Griffin

Fyneshade: A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of 2023

Autor Kate Griffin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 mai 2023

Simțiți răceala coridoarelor dărăpănate? Fyneshade nu este o poveste cu fantome obișnuită; este un mecanism de tensiune pură unde prădătorul nu este cel la care vă așteptați. Atmosfera este grea, apăsătoare, marcată de tăcerea servitorilor și de absența misterioasă a lui Sir William Pritchard. Ne-a atras atenția imediat Marta, o protagonistă care răstoarnă arhetipul guvernantei vulnerabile. Deși alungată de familie și izolată în sălbăticia din Derbyshire, ea nu vine nepregătită. Înarmată cu un „dar întunecat” moștenit de la bunica sa, Marta transformă vulnerabilitatea în putere calculată. Putem afirma că ritmul narațiunii este dictat de această duplicitate: pe de o parte, secretele murdare ale familiei Pritchard, pe de altă parte, planurile proprii ale Martei. În tradiția romanului Wakenhyrst de Michelle Paver, acest volum continuă explorarea forțelor oculte care pândesc în conace izolate, dar reimaginează genul prin prisma unei eroine cu o moralitate ambiguă. Dacă în seria Kitty Peck Kate Griffin ne purta prin imperii criminale și teatre de varietăți, aici ea restrânge cadrul, concentrând teroarea între pereții unei singure case. Stilul este tăios, iar tonul este unul de o urgență sumbră, amintind de atmosfera din The Shadow Hour de Kate Riordan, unde trecutul și prezentul se ciocnesc fatal. Nu este doar ficțiune istorică; este un joc psihologic periculos.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781788168748
ISBN-10: 1788168747
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Profile
Colecția Viper
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Fyneshade celor care caută un roman polițist cu nuanțe gotice unde eroina nu este o victimă. Veți câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra supraviețuirii într-o lume victoriană ostilă, unde magia neagră și ambiția se împletesc. Este lectura ideală dacă v-au plăcut romanele lui Stacey Halls sau Laura Purcell, oferind o intrigă mult mai întunecată și un final care sfidează convențiile.

Despre autor

Kate Griffin este o scriitoare britanică și editor la o agenție de știri, cunoscută pentru capacitatea sa de a evoca atmosfera densă a epocii victoriene. Succesul său a început cu seria Kitty Peck, unde a explorat lumea interlopă a Londrei din secolul al XIX-lea, transformând decorurile de music-hall în spații ale crimei și intrigii. În Fyneshade, Griffin își rafinează stilul gotic, demonstrând aceeași atenție pentru detalii istorice și personaje feminine puternice, dar abordând o latură mult mai sinistră și intimă a ficțiunii de epocă.

Notă biografică

Kate Griffin studied English literature at university and developed a healthy obsession with Victorian gothic novels. She has worked as an assistant to an antiques dealer, a journalist for local newspapers and for The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, Kate's first book, won the Stylist/Faber crime writing competition. Kate lives in St Albans.

Descriere scurtă

*A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023*'A dark, inventive story' - SUNDAY TIMES'A gloriously foreboding Gothic tale' - HEATMany would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me...On the day of her beloved grandmother's funeral, Marta discovers that she is to become governess to the young daughter of Sir William Pritchard. Separated from her lover and discarded by her family, Marta has no choice but to journey to Pritchard's ancient and crumbling house, Fyneshade, in the wilds of Derbyshire. All is not well at Fyneshade. Marta's pupil, little Grace, can be taught nothing, and Marta takes no comfort from the silent servants who will not meet her eye. More intriguing is that Sir William is mysteriously absent, and his son and heir Vaughan is forbidden to enter the house. Marta finds herself drawn to Vaughan, despite the warnings of the housekeeper that he is a danger to all around him. But Marta is no innocent to be preyed upon. Guided by the dark gift taught to her by her grandmother, she has made her own plans. And it will take more than a family riven by murderous secrets to stop her... Perfect for readers of Laura Purcell, Jessie Burton and Stacey Halls, Fyneshade is a dark and twisted gothic novel unlike any you've read before...'A thrillingly dark page-turner' - MAIL ON SUNDAY'Marta is Jane Eyre's black-hearted alter ego' - THE TIMES

Recenzii

The best Gothic novel I've read in years
Dark, heady and bold, Fyneshade is a seductive treat, with a protagonist who is both wicked and irresistible. I was entranced from the first page to the last
Jane Eyre but with an icy heart... a dark, inventive story
Marta is Jane Eyre's black-hearted alter ego... ingenious
Victorian menace with echoes of both Jane Eyre and The Secret Garden
A thrillingly dark page-turner with deeply satisfying nods to a number of gothic classics
A gloriously foreboding Gothic tale, with a delicious anti-heroine and a fiendish final twist in the tale
A highly original work of dark gothic brilliance. In a house with monstrous secrets, Marta is a heroine like no other. She will steal your heart, believe me. A story so inventive and exciting, I simply couldn't wait for the next page
What a brilliant, chilling, thrilling gothic masterpiece... I do love a clever, evil heroine. Magnificent
A tour de force! I thoroughly enjoyed this darkest of dark tales with its canny and complicated heroine, and a final twist that made me gasp out loud. Gloriously wicked
With a satisfyingly dark anti-hero at its core Fyneshade makes for compelling storytelling and proves Kate Griffin's a new standout voice in gothic fiction
A darkly delicious joy of a historical gothic novel. Mature and accomplished storytelling that's utterly compelling. I loved it
Playful and compelling, and a wonderful love letter to Gothic
Wonderful and well-deserved. I loved Fyneshade's clever reworking of Jane Eyre's gothic tropes, it's wicked anti-heroine and immaculate plotting. A perfectly shivery read for a hot summer day... Stupendously good
I absolutely adored this unforgettable and original take on the governess gothic. Marta is the anti-heroine you can't help rooting for: I was under her spell from the very first page. A deliciously dark and decadent novel, sure to bewitch readers everywhere
What a devious and delightful tale. In Marta, Kate Griffin gives us one the most inventive and compelling characters of recent years. A gloriously gothic and often darkly funny story. I devoured it whole
An atmospheric and enthralling read, perfect escapism and historical fiction at its best
Fyneshade affords the surest pleasure - not least for its clever refraction and reinvention of familiar material. It's a winner
A dark and sophisticated gothic novel of the governess tale with a twist. Marta is the anti-heroine you won't help rooting for
Absolutely pitch black brilliance. Dark, creepy and utterly compelling with characters who jump right off the page - this is gothic suspense at its very best
A gothic triumph. With so many hidden secrets, you won't know who to trust
An elegant iron fist of a novel cast in tattered finery and soaked in velvet darkness. Its darkness cloaked me to the end. Magnificent
I loved the gothic horror of Fyneshade. Dark flashes of Fingersmith, Jane Eyre and The Turn of the Screw, with witchy governess Marta taking on the secrets that scratch around the walls. Deliciously dark and twisty
What a book - gothic, gorgeous and pure evil... absolutely loved it
Stunning. With a refreshingly complex protagonist and a story as richly threaded as the tapestries within the beautiful rooms of Fyneshade itself, the novel left me guessing its secrets till the very end
A piercing, acerbic, deliciously dark take on the governess tale; dripping with atmosphere, cobwebbed with twists, and with an anti-heroine you'll never forget
A delightfully dark gothic tale, beautifully written, with a beguiling narrator. The seemingly innocent Marta turns out to be more than a match for the other occupants of a house full of secrets. An excellent read!
Beautifully written, packed with dark magic, wicked secrets, and compulsively watchable characters. An entrancing gem of a book
A bleak atmosphere and sense of foreboding whispers through the walls at Fyneshade. This historical suspense draws you in through its pages towards a looming fate. Full of gothic intensity, dread and a twist of seductive humour
The most delicious nastiness one could hope for. Marta is Jane Eyre with the darkest of hearts, and Fyneshade is every bit as ghoulish as she is. Devour alone by candlelight!
Kate Griffin's bewitching new novel conjures the literary ghosts of Henry James and Charlotte Brontë to give us an evocative new take on the old governess tale. But beware, dear reader, for any gentleness is deceptive here ... Griffin lays bare what's normally subdued in the Gothic, as she draws us into a world of shadows and closed spaces where desire literally combusts on the page. A thrilling read