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The Child Finder

Autor Rene Denfeld
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 sep 2018

Subliniem, încă de la primele pagini, o premisă care ne confruntă cu limitele speranței: o fetiță de cinci ani dispare în inima pădurilor muntoase din Oregon, în timpul unei ieșiri cu familia pentru a tăia bradul de Crăciun. După trei ani de căutări eșuate și viscole care au șters orice urmă, autoritățile au abandonat cazul, însă Naomi Cottle, o investigatoare cu un instinct aproape supranatural pentru găsirea celor pierduți, refuză să accepte verdictul morții. Considerăm că forța acestui roman nu rezidă doar în misterul dispariției, ci în modul în care Rene Denfeld împletește fragilitatea copilăriei cu asprimea unui peisaj înghețat, transformând o investigație criminalistică într-un basm întunecat despre supraviețuire. Stilul are ceva din proza lirică și tulburătoare a lui Alice Sebold în The Lovely Bones, fără să fie o imitație — acolo unde Sebold folosește supranaturalul, Denfeld ancorează narațiunea într-o realitate psihologică brutală, dar redată cu o delicatețe poetică rară. Notăm cu interes cum autoarea își folosește experiența profesională de investigator pentru a construi un ritm care, deși contemplativ, menține o tensiune constantă. Dacă în lucrarea sa anterioară, The Enchanted, explora umanitatea în cele mai sumbre unghere ale sistemului penitenciar, în The Child Finder ea mută reflectorul asupra memoriei traumatice. Această explorare a trecutului protagonistei, care oglindește căutarea fetiței dispărute, oferă cărții o profunzime ce depășește granițele unui roman polițist convențional, amintind de structura psihologică din The Butterfly Girl, unde căutarea celuilalt devine, inevitabil, o căutare de sine.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781474605557
ISBN-10: 1474605559
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția W&N
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această lectură celor care apreciază romanele psihologice cu o încărcătură emoțională puternică și o atmosferă densă. Cititorul va descoperi o poveste despre reziliență care nu evită aspectele dure ale naturii umane, dar care oferă, în final, o formă de mântuire. Este o alegere excelentă pentru fanii scriiturii literare care caută mai mult decât un simplu mister, oferind o perspectivă unică asupra traumei și vindecării.


Despre autor

Rene Denfeld este o voce singulară în literatura contemporană, fiind nu doar scriitoare și jurnalistă, ci și investigator autorizat în cazuri care implică pedeapsa cu moartea. Experiența sa directă cu cele mai dificile aspecte ale justiției și munca sa în sprijinul tinerilor aflați în dificultate și al adopțiilor îi conferă o autoritate morală și o profunzime factuală aparte. A colaborat cu publicații prestigioase precum New York Times Magazine și a fost premiată pentru debutul său literar. Trăiește în Portland, Oregon, iar viața sa personală, ca mamă adoptivă, infuzează scrierile sale cu o empatie autentică față de vulnerabilitatea copiilor.


Recenzii

Poetic... Redemptive... Unflinching
A moving tale of resilience and hope in the face of the worst of humanity
A compelling blast of cold air from the wintry woods, with elements of a dark fairytale
The sense of physical and psychological isolation is palpable in this moving exploration of loss, hope and human resilience
Denfeld's haunting, disquieting and tension-filled tale is brilliantly told
A truly mesmerising and deeply moving story
Part mystery, part fairy tale, this is also a real white-knuckle read where the suspense ratchets up to almost unbearable proportions
Rene Denfeld has a gift for shining bright light in dark places. The Child Finder is a gorgeous, haunting gem of a novel. Raw and real yet wrapped in a fairy tale, as lovely and as chilling as the snow
A darkly luminous story of resilience and the deeply human instinct for survival, for love. Blending the magical thinking of childhood, of fairy tales, dreams, memories and nightmares, The Child Finder is a terrifying and ultimately uplifting novel that demands to be consumed and then once inside you - lingers...
A glittering gem of a story - part mystery, part fairy tale, and all white-knuckled, edge-of-your-seat thriller . . . readers will be drawn in by Denfeld's lyrical prose and undone by the brutal reality that Naomi uncovers, just beneath the snowy forest floor
Denfeld is a Portland-based journalist and private investigator, and also the adoptive mother of three foster children. All of these aspects of her life are mined in The Child Finder, a powerful novel about a search for a missing girl that's also a search for identity.... It's "Deliverance" encased in ice... Denfeld's novel is indeed loaded with suspense, its resonance comes from its surprising tilt towards storytelling restraint, a rarity in this typical crackling genre. Elegiac, informative and disquieting... The novel gallops to a suitably heart-racing finish
The story takes you forward on a fast-paced search and recovery, one that keeps you turning the pages. Imminent danger is palpable, keeping you reading, while the mystery is deep and full of angst and loneliness. Danger and urgency are the prevailing worries....If you enjoy mystery, romance, danger and some darkness you will love this story. This work takes you on a journey and keeps you turning the pages until the truth comes out. The characters will stay with you a long time
Giving voice to those who are metaphorically or even literally voiceless, Rene Denfeld reminds us that consequences continue, aftermath continues - yet we must somehow find ways of holding on to threads of hard-won hope
A gripping page-turner
A hauntingly beautiful, chilling novel by a real-life badass heroine (Rene Denfeld is, among other things, a licensed investigator and foster-adoptive parent), The Child Finder turns around a woman named Naomi, a private investigator with a gift for finding lost children, and her search for a girl who has been missing in the Oregon woods for three years. Denfeld brings Naomi to life with precise, lyrical prose. While the whole book reads like a fairytale for adults, Naomi herself is fully realized and deeply human

Descriere

'Poetic... Redemptive... Unflinching' Barry Forshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES
'A moving tale of resilience and hope in the face of the worst of humanity' Jon Coates, DAILY EXPRESS
'A compelling blast of cold air from the wintry woods, with elements of a dark fairytale' Alison Flood, OBSERVER

'A darkly luminous story of resilience and the deeply human instinct for survival, for love...The Child Finder is a novel that demands to be consumed and then once inside you - lingers...' A.M. Homes, author of MAY WE BE FORGIVEN

Naomi Cottle finds missing children. When the police have given up their search and an investigation stalls, families call her. She possesses a rare, intuitive sense, born out of her own experience, that allows her to succeed when others have failed.
Young Madison Culver has been missing for three years. She vanished on a family trip to the mountainous forests of Oregon, where they'd gone to cut down a tree for Christmas. Soon after she disappeared, blizzards swept the region and the authorities presumed she died from exposure.
But Naomi knows that Madison isn't dead. As she relentlessly pursues the truth behind Madison's disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce defences that have protected her for so long. If she finds this child, will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets of her own life?
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CHILD FINDER:
'A beautifully written, gripping page turner...a book that is worth searching for, bringing home, and welcoming into your family. 5*' Goodreads
'This book is dazzling and heartbreaking. 5*' Goodreads
'A wonderful, extraordinary book. The author speaks from her heart on every page.' 5* Goodreads
'I could not put this book down until the captivating conclusion.' 5* Goodreads
'I finished the book in a day, not wanting to put it down.' 5* Goodreads
'Wow...a page turner, keeping me in all weekend.' 5* Goodreads
'Loved it and will be recommending it to everyone I know.' 5* Goodreads
'The Child Finder is one of the most beautiful novels I've ever read.' 5* Goodreads

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared while her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as “the child finder,” Naomi is the Culvers’ last hope.
Naomi’s methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she, too, was a lost girl.
As Naomi relentlessly pursues and slowly uncovers the truth behind Madison’s disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce the defenses that have protected her, reminding her of a terrible loss she feels but cannot remember. If she finds Madison, will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets of her own life?
Told in the alternating voices of Naomi and a deeply imaginative child, The Child Finder is a breathtaking, deeply atmospheric, and exquisitely rendered
literary page-turner.