The Maidens
Autor Alex Michaelidesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mai 2022
Traducerea din limba engleză a acestui volum păstrează nealterată tensiunea psihologică și atmosfera intelectuală densă, deși nuanțele referințelor mitologice pot căpăta valențe noi în contextul cultural românesc. Putem afirma că The Maidens nu este doar un simplu roman polițist, ci o incursiune brutală în obsesie. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Alex Michaelides transformă curțile interioare din Cambridge într-un labirint al execuțiilor ritualice. Imaginați-vă tensiunea sufocantă din The Silent Patient, mutată într-un decor de „dark academia”, unde tragedia greacă devine un manual pentru crimă. Subliniem contrastul dintre carisma profesorului Edward Fosca și convingerea fanatică a Marianei Andros, o terapeută bântuită de propriile pierderi. Ritmul este sacadat, alert, fiecare capitol fiind construit pentru a demonta siguranța cititorului. Față de debutul său fenomenal, autorul părăsește aici spațiul clinic pentru unul istoric, însă păstrează aceeași precizie chirurgicală în analiza traumei. Este o lectură care recuperează temele recurente ale lui Michaelides — tăcerea, vinovăția și trecutul care refuză să rămână îngropat.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1250304466
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 135 x 202 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: CELADON BOOKS
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm acest volum cititorilor care caută un hibrid între thrillerul psihologic și estetica „dark academia”. Dacă ați apreciat The Silent Patient sau misterele universitare din What I Told My Friends, veți găsi aici o structură narativă sofisticată. Câștigul principal este perspectiva unică asupra mitologiei clasice aplicată unui caz de crimă contemporan, oferind o experiență intelectuală la fel de intensă ca cea detectivistică.
Despre autor
Alex Michaelides este un autor și scenarist cipriot britanic, care a studiat literatura engleză la Trinity College, Cambridge, și scenaristica la American Film Institute. Această dublă formare este evidentă în The Maidens, unde rigoarea academică se împletește cu dinamica vizuală a unui scenariu de succes. Romanul său de debut, The Silent Patient, a fost cel mai bine vândut debut din lume în 2019, stabilindu-l pe Michaelides ca o voce autoritară în literatura polițistă contemporană. Experiența sa în psihoterapie, domeniu în care s-a format înainte de a scrie, conferă personajelor sale o profunzime psihologică rară.
Descriere scurtă
"Alex Michaelides's long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens,' is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible."
-The New York Times
"A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read-with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent Patient and that's saying something!"
-Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements "Michaelides as a major player in the field" (Publishers Weekly).
Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike-particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.
Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge.
Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld?
When another body is found, Mariana's obsession with proving Fosca's guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything-including her own life.
Descriere
The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Silent Patient. bThe highly anticipated second thriller from the record-breaking, international bestselling author of THE SILENT PATIENT. /b
Recenzii
Alex has achieved the almost impossible and surpassed The Silent Patient in this compelling literary thriller, which grips from intriguing start to horrifying finish ... A brilliant achievement.
What a thrilling, heart in throat ride. A great triumph.
A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read - with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent Patient and that's saying something!
Alex Michaelides hits a home run in his sophomore effort. The Maidens is a page-turner of the first order.
A stunning psychological thriller ... The intelligent, cerebral plot finds contemporary parallels in Euripides's tragedies, Jacobean dramas such as The Duchess of Malfi, and Tennyson's poetry. The devastating ending shows just how little the troubled Mariana knows about the human psyche or herself. Michaelides is on a roll.
The greatest campus novel since The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Packed to the dreaming spires with mystery, murder, emotion and a yearning, heart-aching nostalgia for all that we leave in the past - places, lovers and ourselves when we were young. The millions who loved The Silent Patient will be delighted to hear that Alex Michaelides once again mugs you with a climatic twist that you will NEVER see coming.
Michaelides' stage-setting skills are as masterful here, as they were in The Silent Patient - another tense, cleverly twisted winner.
Nothing short of genius.
[Michaelides'] writing, especially his characterisation, possesses a unique sparkle and more promise than most other writers.
The Maidens is a compelling read, and delivers its Hellenic thrills in style.
Stylishly written with a great sense of place, bestselling author Michaelides' second novel is a compelling and complex psychological thriller of the highest order.
A thriller that deftly weaves psychology, murder and an understanding of Greek mythology - where do we sign up?
This atmospheric mystery speeds along at such a pace, Michaelides' genius for storytelling is clear.
Michaelides is a stylish writer who seamlessly weaves Greek mythology, psychology and murder into his writing and this atmospheric thriller keeps you guessing till the end.
It's a tense, original story set against the luscious backdrop of the ancient university.
The Maidens ticks a lot of boxes, particularly if you like a good thriller. It has a fast pace, lots of misdirection, and intriguing backstory and a damaged protagonist.
Tautly plotted and impeccably paced , it's an intelligent and propulsive second novel.
When Alex Michaelides' first psychological thriller, The Silent Patient, debuted in 2019, it skyrocketed to the top of best-seller lists. His follow-up is just as twisty-and involves another suspicious killing.