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North, A: Shadow Friend


en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2021

Proza lui Alex North este tăioasă. Directă. Aproape viscerală. În The Shadow Friend, autorul nu irosește niciun cuvânt. Construiește o atmosferă de o anxietate sufocantă. Considerăm că forța acestui roman rezidă în capacitatea de a transforma nostalgia în teroare pură. Paul se întoarce în orașul natal. Mama lui moare. Trecutul îl pândește la fiecare colț de stradă. Acum douăzeci de ani, un joc s-a transformat în crimă. Charlie a dispărut. Dar umbra lui a rămas. Apreciem felul în care North manipulează percepția cititorului asupra realității. Este un stil care amintește de The Whisper Man prin explorarea traumelor din copilărie care refuză să fie uitate, dar se diferențiază prin utilizarea unui mit urban ce evocă neliniștea modernă a fenomenului Slender Man. Dacă în The Half Burnt House autorul se concentra pe cicatricile lăsate de eșecul fratern, aici miza este vinovăția colectivă a unui grup de prieteni. Ritmul este alert. Capitolele sunt scurte. Tensiunea crește insuportabil pe măsură ce Paul realizează că nu s-a întors doar pentru a-și lua adio de la mamă, ci pentru a înfrunta ceea ce a lăsat în urmă în pădure. Nu este doar un thriller de suspans; este o autopsie a fricii.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405936248
ISBN-10: 140593624X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru cititorii care caută un thriller psihologic cu nuanțe supranaturale și o atmosferă apăsătoare. Dacă v-a plăcut tensiunea psihologică din Shadow of a Doubt, veți aprecia modul în care Alex North explorează coliziunea dintre trecut și prezent. Câștigați o experiență de lectură intensă, care analizează cât de departe poate merge influența malefică a unui singur om asupra unui grup de adolescenți.


Despre autor

Alex North este un scriitor britanic devenit fenomen internațional odată cu publicarea romanului The Whisper Man, care a fost selectat în prestigiosul Richard & Judy Book Club. North s-a impus pe scena literară contemporană prin capacitatea sa unică de a îmbina elementele de roman polițist clasic cu tușe de horror psihologic și emoție profundă. Locuiește în Leeds, Anglia, iar lucrările sale sunt recunoscute pentru explorarea temelor legate de paternitate, moștenire traumatică și legăturile complicate de familie, elemente care se regăsesc constant în universul său narativ întunecat.


Notă biografică

Alex North was born in Leeds, where he now lives with his wife and son. He studied Philosophy at Leeds University, and prior to becoming a writer he worked there in their sociology department. The Whisper Man was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and is being published in more than 30 languages.

Recenzii

Alex North has outdone himself. As terrifying as a great horror novel, as unpredictable as the best type of crime novel and above all beautifully written, The Shadow Friend is the work of a writer who is an absolute master of his craft. I couldn't begin to guess how the story was going to end but I enjoyed every second of the journey
If you liked The Whisper Man, you'll love this. Alex North has crafted a second novel which is just as gripping as his first and even scarier. Hugely atmospheric and deliciously creepy, it's about how the past encroaches on the present, and how dreaming influences reality, until in the frightening world of The Shadow Friend, it becomes harder and harder to tell one from the other... and the nightmare takes over
This is absorbing, headlong reading, a play on classic horror with an inventiveness of its own... As with all the best illusions, you are left feeling not tricked, but full of wonder
North has returned with another creepy, atmospheric tale exploring the devastating effects of childhood traumas on communities . . . Builds to a surprising and moving finale that will live long in the memory
With echoes of the chilling Slender Man myth, this thriller ultimately feels like a ghost story conjured out of guilt and loss
North follows up his sensational debut, 2019's The Whisper Man, with another terrifying spine-tingler... The complex plot shifts smoothly between past and present with numerous unexpected twists. An overwhelming atmosphere of doom and disaster hovers over the perennial darkness of the nearby woods. This heart-pounding page-turner is impossible to put down
The layers of deception make for a chilling read
A chilling read
Included in 'The Week's Best Books - The Creepy One'
A chilling and deeply psychological read
Included in 'The Hot List'

Descriere scurtă

THE GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK THE WHISPER MAN

'Hugely atmospheric and deliciously creepy' Alex Michaelides, bestselling author of The Silent Patient
'A surprising and moving finale that will live long in the memory' Daily Express
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THE VICTIM WAS YOUR FRIEND

It was just a silly game to start with. Paul never really believed in it.

He never dreamed Charlie would take it so far.

SO WAS THE MURDERER

For twenty years, Paul's tried to put his past behind him, but now his mother is dying, and he can't run any longer.

But home isn't just full of bad memories. It's also the last place anyone saw Charlie alive.

And Paul starts to wonder if Charlie might come back to finish what he started . . .
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'Alex North has outdone himself. The Shadow Friend is the work of a writer who is an absolute master of his craft' Jane Casey

'Absorbing, headlong reading . . . As with all the best illusions, you are left feeling not tricked, but full of wonder' New York Times

'Echoes of the chilling Slender Man myth' Crime Monthly

Praise for Alex North

'The best crime novel of the decade'
Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of Thirteen

'First it's spooky. Then it's scary. Then it's terrifying. And then... well, dear reader, proceed at your own risk. An ambitious, deeply satisfying thriller - a seamless blend of Harlan Coben, Stephen King, and Thomas Harris. My flesh is still crawling' A. J. Finn, no.1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

'Alex North has achieved the seemingly impossible. The Whisper Man is a thriller that is both terrifying and utterly heartbreaking. Mesmerising and masterful' Mark Billingham

'A dark, creepy, thriller with a huge amount of heart. Damn, but Alex North can write!'
Stuart MacBride