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The Silence: A Novel de Susan Allott

The Silence: A Novel

Autor Susan Allott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iul 2021

La suprafață, Allott, S: Silence pare un alt roman polițist despre o dispariție nerezolvată; în profunzime, descoperim o examinare viscerală a vinovăției colective a unei națiuni. Tensiunea este instantanee. Un apel telefonic în miez de noapte declanșează totul. 1997, Londra: Isla Green află că tatăl ei este suspectat de uciderea unei vecine, Mandy, dispărută fără urmă în urmă cu trei decenii în arșița sufocantă din Sydney. Apreciem modul în care Susan Allott construiește atmosfera: nu este doar un mister de familie, ci o autopsie a tăcerii. Descoperim aici o structură narativă duală care forțează cititorul să navigheze între amintirile fragmentate ale trecutului australian și urgența prezentului britanic. Remarcăm curajul autoarei de a ancora această beletristică în realitatea dureroasă a „Generațiilor Furate” — copiii aborigeni smulși din familiile lor — transformând un caz rece într-o critică socială tăioasă. Ca și The Weight of Silence, această operă explorează modul în care traumele nespuse mutilează psihicul uman, dar dintr-o perspectivă istorică mult mai vastă, unde tăcerea nu este doar o reacție individuală, ci o politică de stat. Ritmul este alert, susținut de capitole care pulsează de incertitudine. Este un roman polițist care refuză rezolvările simple, lăsându-ne să ne întrebăm cât de bine îi cunoaștem, cu adevărat, pe cei de lângă noi. Stilul este sobru, precis, lipsit de înflorituri inutile, perfect adaptat unei povești unde fiecare cuvânt nespus cântărește cât o condamnare.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780062983565
ISBN-10: 0062983563
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Custom House

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“Emotionally spry, smartly suspenseful...vibrates with Hitchcockian atmosphere." -- Booklist (starred review)
Combining the emotional power and dual narrative style of Before We Were Yours with the nuanced, layered, and atmospheric mystery of The Dry, a powerful debut novel revolving around a shocking disappearance, two neighbor families, and shameful secrets from the past that refuse to stay buried.

It is 1997, and in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father phoning from Sydney.  30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of summer 1967, the Greens’ next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared. At the time, it was thought she had fled a broken marriage and gone to start a new life; but now Mandy’s family is trying to reconnect, and there is no trace of her. Isla’s father Joe was allegedly the last person to see her alive, and now he’s under suspicion of murder.
 Isla unwillingly plans to go back to Australia for the first time in a decade to support her father. The return to Sydney will plunge Isla deep into the past, to a quiet street by the sea where two couples live side by side. Isla’s parents, Louisa and Joe, have recently emigrated from England—a move that has left Louisa miserably homesick while Joe embraces this new life. Next door, Steve and Mandy are equally troubled. Mandy doesn’t want a baby, even though Steve—a cop trying to hold it together under the pressures of the job—is desperate to become a father.  
 The more Isla asks about the past, the more she learns: about both young couples and the secrets each marriage bore. Could her father be capable of doing something terrible? How much does her mother know? What will happen to their family if Isla’s worst fears are realized? And is there another secret in this community, one which goes deeper into Australia’s colonial past, which has held them in a conspiracy of silence?
Deftly exploring the deterioration of relationships and the devastating truths we keep from those we love, The Silence is a stunning debut from a promising literary star.

Recenzii

“Emotionally spry, smartly suspenseful, Allott’s arresting debut novel vibrates with Hitchcockian atmosphere." — Booklist (starred review)
"The Silence is told in alternating sections that move back and forth in time between 1997 and thirty years earlier, building tension to the snapping point. Old misunderstandings are resolved for the reader, and then replaced by new ones... Emotionally wrenching." — Wall Street Journal
"Susan Allott conjures a steamy, slow-burning atmosphere of foreboding that never lets up." — Air Mail
"Susan Allott's The Silence is a rare, expertly crafted first novel. Nothing is as it seems in a dark past where secrets are meant to stay buried forever—nor in an unsettling present where they have not—and debut author Allott juggles a wonderfully complex plot and dual timelines like a seasoned pro." — New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub
"Intricate and suspenseful...This stellar debut brings a fresh voice to crime fiction for readers who love a good story told with lilting prose about complex characters." — New York Journal of Books
"A brooding, suspenseful debut." — Sunday Mirror
"Moves smoothly between the past and present.... a well-written debut novel that saves an unexpected surprise for last." — Mystery Scene
"Allott uses the scandal of Australia’s stolen children to devastating effect in this memorable debut." — Sunday Times (London)
"A suspenseful, beautifully crafted debut for fans of Celeste Ng and Jane Harper." — Telegraph Australia
"An atmospheric, convincing portrayal of the way that the decisions we make, both individually and collectively, reverberate down the years." — The Guardian

Notă biografică

Susan Allott is from the UK but spent part of her twenties in Australia, desperately homesick but trying to make Sydney her home. She completed the Faber Academy course in 2017, during which she started writing this novel. She now lives in south London with her two children and her very Australian husband.

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Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021 'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days' ESTHER FREUD 'Deeply engrossing ... an exquisite literary thriller' PHILIPPA EAST 'Emotionally wrenching' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Impossible to put down' TREVOR WOOD A missing woman 30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of a Sydney summer, the Greens' next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared without a trace. A cold case reopened In 1997, in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father is under suspicion of Mandy's murder. A devastating secret How well does Isla know her father? Is he capable of doing something terrible? And is there another secret in their community - a conspiracy of silence which stretches deep into Australia's past? ------------------------------ 'An atmospheric, convincing portrayal of the way that the decisions we make, both individually and collectively, reverberate down the years' GUARDIAN 'Allott uses the scandal of Australia's stolen children to devastating effect in this memorable debut' SUNDAY TIMES 'A riveting mystery, beautifully unwound. The Silence excavates dark, decades-old secrets buried in human hearts, in families and in nations. I read it in one weekend' ERIN KELLY 'An impressive and beautifully written, Australian-set debut with the devastating subject of the Stolen Generation at its core' FIONA MITCHELL 'Tense, atmospheric and brilliantly paced. The Silence is fraught with disturbing secrets and powerful emotions. I loved it' FRANCESCA JAKOBI 'A brooding, suspenseful debut' SUNDAY MIRROR 'A suspenseful, beautifully crafted debut for fans of Celeste Ng and Jane Harper' TELEGRAPH AUSTRALIA 'Intricate and suspenseful... [a] stellar debut' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS