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The Party de Elizabeth Day

The Party

Autor Elizabeth Day
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2018

Observăm în The Party o voce narativă care nu se grăbește să ofere verdicte, ci preferă să disece, cu o precizie chirurgicală, anatomia unei obsesii ce se întinde pe parcursul a decenii. Elizabeth Day construiește aici un ansamblu tensionat, unde o petrecere aniversară strălucitoare devine catalizatorul unei prăbușiri iminente. Spre deosebire de ritmul alert al unui thriller convențional, descoperim o structură de tip „slow burn”, care prioritizează atmosfera și nuanțele psihologice în detrimentul șocului gratuit. Autoarea revine la temele care i-au definit parcursul literar, precum costul real al puterii și fragilitatea legăturilor formate în cercurile exclusiviste ale elitei britanice, elemente explorate și în One of Us. Pe același raft cu The Summer Party de Rebecca Heath, cartea se distinge prin profunzimea analizei sociale; în timp ce Heath mizează pe suspansul unei veri fatidice, Day se concentrează pe eroziunea lentă a identității sub presiunea privilegiului. Stilul este unul evocativ, aproape melancolic, amintind de rigoarea din Magpie, însă aici miza este mai degrabă demascarea unei întregi clase sociale decât un simplu joc de oglinzi psihologice. Este un roman despre dorința de apartenență și despre cum secretele vechi pot fractura prezentul în cel mai neașteptat mod.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780008194307
ISBN-10: 0008194300
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

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Recomandăm The Party cititorilor care apreciază proza britanică rafinată și studiile de caracter profunde. Veți câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra mecanismelor de putere din înalta societate, totul într-o atmosferă de tensiune mocnită. Este alegerea ideală pentru cei care preferă romanele psihologice în care întrebările sunt la fel de importante ca răspunsurile, oferind o experiență de lectură cerebrală și extrem de satisfăcătoare.

Despre autor

Elizabeth Day este o figură proeminentă a peisajului cultural britanic, fiind romancieră, jurnalistă și realizatoare de podcasturi. Cu o carieră solidă în jurnalism la publicații precum The Observer și revista You, Day și-a cultivat un stil narativ caracterizat prin observație socială acută și empatie. Succesul său literar este dublat de impactul podcastului „How to Fail”, temă pe care a transpus-o și în volume de non-ficțiune precum Failosophy. În lucrările sale de beletristică, autoarea explorează adesea complexitatea relațiilor umane și fațadele pe care oamenii le construiesc pentru a supraviețui în structuri sociale rigide.

Descriere scurtă

A taut psychological tale of obsession and betrayal set over the course of a dinner party.

"Day's shrewd eye and authorial tone provide a gleeful, edgy wit.... [a] smart, irresistible romp."--New York Times Book Review

 Ben, who hails from old money, and Martin, who grew up poor but is slowly carving out a successful career as an art critic, have been inseparable since childhood. Ben's wife Serena likes to jokingly refer to Martin as Ben's dutiful Little Shadow.

Lucy is a devoted wife to Martin, even as she knows she'll always be second best to his sacred friendship. When Ben throws a lavish 40th birthday party as his new palatial country home, Martin and Lucy attend, mixing with the very upper echelons of London society.

But why, the next morning, is Martin in a police station being interviewed about the events of last night? Why is Lucy being forced to answer questions about his husband and his past? What exactly happened at the party? And what has bound these two very different men together for so many years?

A cleverly built tour of intrigue, THE PARTY reads like a novelistic board game of Clue, taking us through the various half-truths and lies its characters weave, as the past and present collide in a way that its protagonists could never have anticipated.

Notă biografică

Elizabeth Day grew up in Northern Ireland. She is an award-winning journalist and has written extensively for The Telegraph, The Times, the Guardian, the Observer, Vogue, Elle and the Evening Standard.

Recenzii

"Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller, about an aristocrat's birthday party gone awry, updates Waugh, Highsmith and Fitzgerald... Day's sly fourth novel is an enticing mix of social, climbing, barely hidden list and possible crimes...THE PARTY knowingly nods toward Brideshead Revisited and The Talented Mr. Ripley. But Day refreshes their themes for an age in which the upper echelons retain their allure and their grasp on power while posing as common folk... Day's shrewd eye and authorial tone also provide a gleeful, edgy wit.... [a] smart, irresistible romp."—New York Times Book Review

"In this psychological page-turner, a deeply buried secret that ties two married couples together comes to a head during one lavish 40th birthday party."—Entertainment Weekly

"By page one of this devious, witty, thrilling book, you'll be as haplessly seduced by Ben Fitzmaurice's glamorous lifestyle as his old classmate, Martin Gilmour."—Refinery29
"[Martin] makes for a deliciously untrustworthy narrator; seemingly candid, but at the same time never telling the full story, perhaps because he's so good at keeping secrets.... Brimming with betrayal, corruption and hypocrisy, The Party is a gripping page-turner."—The Guardian

"Like Herman Koch co-wrote a literary page-turner with Patricia Highsmith-irresistible stuff."
—Bomb
"Rave-worthy."—Book Riot

"Witty, dark and compelling"
—Sebastian Faulks

"Superb--clever, gripping, psychologically acute."
—Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us

"Day's latest novel is sinister and seductive and nothing short of breathtaking."
—Francesca Segal, author of The Innocents

"Think Brideshead Revisited meets The Talented Mr. Ripley with a dash of The Riot Club. I couldn't put it down."
—Louise O'Neill, author of Asking For It

"I practically murdered this book in an evening I loved it so much. THE PARTY is a terrifying, hilarious, brilliantly written original with a wit to die for."—Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator and star of Fleabag

Martin is a spellbinding storyteller who doles out details like they're a controlled substance... his narration is littered with keen yet cutting observations about people, their relationships, and society at large....Vividly sketched characters and evocative prose further distinguish the story, which ends on a note that both shocks and gratifies. Day's latest is a dark, haunting, and elegantly crafted tale of obsession, desperation, devastation, and rebirth."—Kirkus (starred review)

"This is a dark and compelling book of lifelong obsessions, jealousies and neuroses; of acute psychological complaint, of dissatisfactions, of isolation, loneliness and solipsistic rage."—The Observer

"A deft thriller.... Literary flashbacks, which can be jarring or even confusing, are masterfully illuminating in The Party: They tighten the tension and lead the reader naturally to the next clue or curiosity.... The Party is well-rounded and satisfying, not only as an accomplished page-turning mystery, but also for its in-depth examination of class, of marriage and friendship, and of deception, loyalty and ambition."—St. Louis Post Dispatch

"Day spellbindingly spools out the evening's events.... The Party is a splendid, stunning slow burn."
—Shelf Awareness