Insomnia
Autor Sarah Pinboroughen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 feb 2023
Roman polițist prin excelență, Insomnia depășește granițele genului, transformând o afecțiune medicală banală într-un instrument de tortură psihologică. Emma are totul: familie, casă, stabilitate. Însă la ora 1 dimineața, realitatea se fisurează. Putem afirma că Sarah Pinborough nu scrie doar despre lipsa somnului, ci despre prăbușirea unei identități sub greutatea secretelor nespuse. Tensiunea este palpabilă. Ritmul este alert, sacadat, mimând anxietatea celui care se teme să închidă ochii. Reținem modul în care autoarea subversează așteptările cititorului, transformând spațiul domestic dintr-un refugiu într-o capcană. Cei care au parcurs When the Lights Go Out de Mary Kubica vor fi pregătiți pentru această explorare brutală a memoriei nesigure și a fragilității psihice, unde linia dintre paranoia și pericol real dispare. În contextul operei sale, dacă în Behind Her Eyes accentul cădea pe manipulare interpersonală, aici Sarah Pinborough sondează adâncimile traumei moștenite. Este o evoluție clară către un suspans mai visceral, mai întunecat. Stilul este tăios, fără menajamente, forțând cititorul să experimenteze fiecare oră de veghe alături de protagonistă. Nu este doar un mister, ci un studiu despre cum mintea se poate autodistruge atunci când trecutul refuză să rămână îngropat.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0008289166
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 126 x 195 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte celor care caută un thriller psihologic cu un ritm sufocant. Cititorul câștigă o experiență imersivă despre pierderea controlului și fragilitatea minții umane. Este lectura ideală pentru fanii suspansului domestic care vor să exploreze latura întunecată a vieții de familie. Dacă v-au plăcut răsturnările de situație din Behind Her Eyes, acest roman vă va confirma de ce autoarea este supranumită „regina momentelor neprevăzute”.
Despre autor
Sarah Pinborough este considerată o figură centrală a literaturii fantastice și de suspans din Marea Britanie. Versatilitatea sa este remarcabilă, scriind de la fantasy pentru tineret sub pseudonimul Sarah Silverwood, până la thrillere psihologice de succes mondial. Succesul răsunător al romanului Behind Her Eyes, adaptat într-o serie populară pe Netflix, i-a consolidat reputația de maestru al finalurilor imprevizibile. În prezent, colaborează la diverse proiecte de televiziune, aducând viziunea sa unică și adesea tulburătoare asupra relațiilor umane în prim-planul culturii pop contemporane.
Descriere
'This heart-pounding thriller will have you up all night' Clare Mackintosh From the outside, Emma has the dream life - a loving husband, a beautiful house, two gorgeous children. But something is keeping Emma awake. Scratching at her sanity at 1am.
She's tried so hard to bury the past, to protect her family. But witching hour loves a secret - and Emma's is the stuff of nightmares . .
. A DREAM OF A THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NETFLIX HIT, BEHIND HER EYES 'Prepare to be totally and utterly blown away by Insomnia. Sarah Pinborough is a twisted genius' Lisa Jewell 'Pinborough writes like an absolute dream about an absolute nightmare.
I loved it!' Richard Osman 'Another mind-twisting, genre-bending rollercoaster from Queen of WTF Sarah Pinborough' Ruth Ware 'Creepy as all get out - a gaslighting masterclass' Ian Rankin 'Pinborough's unsettling, remorseless psychological thriller is horribly plausible and expertly plotted' Sunday Times 'Insomnia is a twisted, dark ride that keeps you gripped, unable to look away. Utterly addictive and highly recommended' Lucy Clarke 'Don't start this at night - it's guaranteed to steal your sleep' Cara Hunter 'One crazy sleepless ride building up to a hideously tense climax. Expertly done - Sarah Pinborough is the queen of unsettling, twisty reads' Harriet Tyce 'This terrifying thriller about a family under threat from within is a total page-turner' Gilly Macmillan 'Absolutely brilliant, completely unputdownable and so satisfying' Jenny Colgan 'A whip smart page turning triumph' Jane Shemilt
Recenzii
“Pinborough specializes in steamy mysteries… cooked up in the outer reaches of her imagination… ’What could go wrong?’ a character asks cheerfully at the end. Maybe it’s the equivalent of the hand emerging from the grave at the end of the movie ‘Carrie’. Or maybe not.” — New York Times Book Review
“As [Emma] struggles with intergenerational trauma and balancing her work life with her family life, her situation spirals into a dangerous and daunting tale… Insomnia is a natural follow up to [Pinborough’s] bestselling thriller Behind Her Eyes.” — Entertainment Weekly
"When you look up the word 'gripping' in the dictionary, you see a few pages of Sarah Pinborough's Insomnia. I loved this book. I felt like I was on a treadmill hell-bent on making my heart race." — Caroline Kepnes, New York Times bestselling author of You and Hidden Bodies
"Another mind-twisting, genre-bending rollercoaster from Queen of WTF Sarah Pinborough." — Ruth Ware
“Put this book on your radar: Sarah Pinborough’s Insomnia is the twistiest and most gripping thriller since Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, an absolute must-read for suspense fans. The pages fly and the revelations deliver shock after shock. Don’t sleep on this one– it's Sarah Pinborough's best yet.” — Joe Hill
"If you loved Behind Her Eyes, prepare to be totally and utterly blown away by Insomnia. Sarah Pinborough is a twisted genius." — Lisa Jewell
“Creepy as all get out – a gaslighting masterclass.” — Ian Rankin on Insomnia
“Sarah Pinborough is the master of the unexpected and Insomnia does not disappoint. This terrifying thriller about a family under threat from within is a total page-turner." — Gilly Macmillan
"Absolutely brilliant, completely unputdownable and so satisfying – Pinborough just gets better and better" — Jenny Colgan
“A whip-smart, page turning triumph.” — Jane Shemilt, author of The Daughter on Insomnia
“Oh. My. Word. Sarah Pinborough is the queen of the impossible, and her latest heart-pounding thriller will have you up all night.” — Clare Mackintosh, author of Hostage on Insomnia
"The inimitable Sarah Pinborough reaches new heights of ingenuity in Insomnia, the definition of up-all-night reading" — Erin Kelly, Sunday Times bestselling author of He Said/She Said on Insomnia
“Another clever, original and highly addictive book from the brilliant Sarah Pinborough. Insomnia will keep you up all night. You won’t be able to sleep until you’ve read it. — Alice Feeney, author of Rock Paper Scissors
“What an absolute cracker of a thriller. Just when you think it’s safe to carry on reading WHAM! Pinborough throws in another hand grenade…. Thank you for freaking me out in such a beautiful way! So, so clever and I was changing my mind left right and centre, right to the end! Absolutely bloody brilliant.” — Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep on Insomnia
"Insomnia successfully combines domestic suspense with a psychological thriller.... Pinborough’s skill at showing characters at their best and worst is a mainstay of her some 20 novels." — Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Gripping… As she strives to figure out who’s trying to destroy her and why, the suspense becomes almost unbearable.” — Publishers Weekly on Insomnia
“Pinborough [is a] uniquely twisted genius… Emma has given a few women reason to dislike her, but there is a spooky factor involved here that leads her to think this is something that has been on the way for quite a while. A real mind-twister guaranteed to please.” — Booklist on Insomnia
“A book that’ll keep you guessing with quite the unreliable narrator... Pinborough ratchets up feelings of dread and a kind of claustrophobia… This is a page turner with an ending you probably won’t see coming.” — BookRiot.com
"Insomnia is filled with shocking twists and turns." — Novel Suspects
“Possibly my favorite of Pinborough’s yet, and that’s saying something. It’s an absolute rollercoaster of a ride: twist upon twist, expertly handled. I actually gasped out loud several times. So atmospheric and sexy… A triumph!" — Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author, on Dead to Her
"Insomnia is an 'unreliable narrator' thriller done right—Pinborough expertly draws readers into Emma’s increasingly terrifying world, where no one and nothing can be trusted.... One of the most downright entertaining thrillers I’ve read in ages." — Crime by the Book
“Big Little Lies meets Rebecca in Sarah Pinborough’s Dead to Her, a saucy novel about insecure second wives dragged down by secrets [and] jealousies… This may not be the most important novel you’ll read this year, but it’s definitely among the most delicious.” — Washington Post
“The prolifically ingenious Sarah Pinborough, whose Behind Her Eyes chronicled a deranged love triangle with a rationality-defying last-minute surprise, has produced another twisty book about tricky characters behaving badly… There are shades of Rebecca and Body Heat.” — New York Times Book Review on Dead to Her
“Illicit love affairs, [and] tension as stifling as the Georgia summer heat… With Dead to Her, Pinborough plants her flag as the master of seductively sinister suspense. This absorbing tale will satisfy and even surprise fans of Jennifer McMahon and Gillian Flynn.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Roils with passion, rancor, and greed wrapped in Southern politesse... Pinbrough’s intricately woven mystery will please fans of B.A. Paris and Paula Hawkins.” — Publishers Weekly on Dead to Her
“Within minutes of opening Dead to Her you will be unsettled, charmed, riled, empowered, and aroused. Pinborough at the height of her powers.” — Josh Malerman, bestselling author of Bird Box
"Dead to Her is set amid Savannah’s elite: a lusty, greedy, exclusive society of old money where secrets are buried deep. Sarah Pinborough is always ahead of her reader, expertly weaving her killer plot. Thrilling, sexy and utterly unputdownable." — Beverly Vincent, Co-Editor (with Stephen King) of Flight or Fright
“The plotting in Cross Her Heart is calm, cool and beautifully orchestrated—until, WHAM, you marvel at what Pinborough has just tossed in your lap. There are plenty of I-can’t-believe-she-just-did-that moments that will have you sitting straight up in your chair. What a terrific ride.” — Meg Gardiner, author of Unsub
“The amazing Sarah Pinborough has done it again with this brilliant, pacy story of lies and deceit.” — B.A. Paris on Cross Her Heart
“Swift and entertaining… When Pinborough unveils her first surprise about a third of the way in, it’s a good one… Cross Her Heart has a welcome sisterhood-is-powerful vibe; it’s a novel that defines women by their relationships with one another, even as their creator is ruthlessly shoving them into position for the next twist.” — New York Times Book Review
“As the narrative weaves among these three… characters, readers are pulled deeper into their connected webs of secrets and lies… Fans of Pinborough’s smash debut, Behind Her Eyes, won’t be disappointed… [This is] a fast-paced, twisty thriller... Devotees of B.A. Paris and Ruth Ware will be fascinated.” — Library Journal (starred review) on Cross Her Heart
“You should read Behind Her Eyes…It’s bloody brilliant.” — Stephen King
“Behind Her Eyes is a dark, electrifying page-turner with a corker of an ending. Sarah Pinborough is about to become your new obsession.” — Harlan Coben
“Behind Her Eyes is a cunning puzzle-box of a novel, a masterfully engineered thriller that brings to mind Hitchcock at his most uncanny, and Rendell at her most relentless. Lean and mean, dark and disturbing, this is the kind of novel that takes over your life. Sarah Pinborough slays.” — Joe Hill
“Pinborough writes like an absolute dream about an absolute nightmare. I loved it!’ — Richard Osman, author of The Man Who Died Twice