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The Turnglass: The Sunday Times Bestseller - turn the book, uncover the mystery

Autor Gareth Rubin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 apr 2024

Remarcăm în The Turnglass o ambiție narativă care depășește granițele obișnuite ale genului polițist, poziționând această lucrare drept punctul central al experimentelor literare semnate de Gareth Rubin. Dacă în Holmes and Moriarty autorul demonstra o stăpânire impecabilă a canoanelor clasice, aici el alege să deconstruiască însăși forma fizică a volumului. Folosind tehnica rară tête-bêche, Gareth Rubin ne oferă două perspective care se întâlnesc la mijloc, forțând cititorul să întoarcă fizic cartea pentru a descoperi adevărul.

Atmosfera te trimite cu gândul la The Waterfall, deși structura duală marchează o voce proprie, mult mai tehnică și mai imersivă. Prima parte ne poartă în Anglia victoriană a anului 1880, pe insula izolată Ray, unde tânărul doctor Simeon Lee investighează o posibilă otrăvire într-o casă plină de secrete. Cea de-a doua parte ne mută în California însorită a anilor 1930, unde moartea unui scriitor celebru pare să oglindească evenimentele din jurnalul doctorului Lee. Putem afirma că farmecul acestui roman nu rezidă doar în rezolvarea enigmelor, ci în modul în care cele două epoci comunică prin indicii ascunse în text.

Spre deosebire de un roman polițist liniar, ritmul este dictat de curiozitatea cititorului de a alterna capitolele sau de a parcurge integral o jumătate înainte de a trece la cealaltă. Stilul este sobru, adaptat fiecărei epoci, evocând atât ceața densă din Essex, cât și strălucirea melancolică a coastei americane. Este o experiență tactilă și intelectuală care transformă lectura într-un proces activ de asamblare a unui puzzle intergenerațional.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781398514522
ISBN-10: 1398514527
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru cititorii care caută mai mult decât o intrigă polițistă clasică, The Turnglass oferă o experiență unică prin formatul său fizic deosebit. Câștigi o perspectivă fascinantă asupra modului în care secretele de familie supraviețuiesc timpului, totul ambalat într-un obiect de colecție. Este recomandarea ideală pentru fanii jocurilor de inteligență și ai structurilor narative complexe care recompensează atenția la detalii.


Despre autor

Gareth Rubin este un autor și jurnalist britanic recunoscut pentru versatilitatea sa în abordarea misterului și a ficțiunii istorice. Cu o carieră marcată de o documentare riguroasă, el a scris Liberation Square, un thriller de istorie alternativă apreciat de critică, și a fost selectat de Conan Doyle Estate pentru a continua moștenirea celebrului detectiv în Holmes and Moriarty. Interesul său pentru formele literare neconvenționale și pentru legăturile subtile dintre trecut și prezent atinge apogeul în The Turnglass, consolidându-i reputația de inovator al genului crime.


Descriere scurtă

'A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight' Chris Whitaker 

Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction.

Imagine you’re holding a book in your hands. It’s not just any book though. It’s a tête-bêche novel, beloved of nineteenth-century bookmakers. It’s a book that is two books: two intertwined stories printed back-to-back.
Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends at the middle of the book. Then flip the book over, head to tail, and read the second story in the opposite direction.
Both covers are front covers; and it can be read in either direction, or in both directions at once, alternating chapters, to fully immerse the reader in it.

1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island – Turnglass House – believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver’s tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.

1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn’t believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Oliver’s final book, a tête-bêche novel – which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee . . . 


PRAISE FOR THE TURNGLASS:

'An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations' Guardian

'Highly atmospheric and hectic searches for terrible truths. Rubin has pulled off the difficult trick of writing an ambitious novel that is also an easy, enjoyable read' The Times, Crime Book of the Month 
 
'Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation of the heart and depth he brings to his stories. A risky idea, beautifully executed' The Telegraph
 
'Murder, mystery and secrets combine to create a dazzling achievement that will hook you in’ Best

‘If immersive fiction is for you, you’ll adore this tête-bêche novel . . . Expect two very different stories that magically come together' Belfast Telegraph
 
‘Rubin deserves top marks for originality and for braving such a niche literary format…what really stands out is the masterful way the tales are cemented together. Believable characters and accomplished characterization add to the suspense, and with Rubin’s expressive and easily digestible prose both stories can appreciated as old-fashioned murder mysteries' The Lady
 
‘This is one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read this year’ Bay Tales

‘It’s an incredible book, it’s so different. It’s unlike anything I’ve read before’ Quick Book Reviews Podcast

‘Wildly clever & evocative, I adored it’ Angela Clarke 

Notă biografică

Gareth Rubin is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Turnglass. His other books include Holmes and Moriarty, a new Sherlock Holmes novel endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate; Liberation Square, a thriller set in Soviet-occupied London; and The Winter Agent, a thriller set in Paris in 1944. He lives in London and writes about social affairs, travel and the arts for British newspapers.

Recenzii

‘Wildly clever and evocative, I adored it’  Angela Clarke 

‘Rubin deserves top marks for originality and for braving such a niche literary format . . . what really stands out is the masterful way the tales are cemented together. Believable characters and accomplished characterization add to the suspense, and with Rubin’s expressive and easily digestible prose both stories can appreciated as old-fashioned murder mysteries' The Lady

‘Murder, mystery and secrets combine to create a dazzling achievement that will hook you in'  Best Magazine

‘It’s an incredible book, it’s so different. It’s unlike anything I’ve read before’  Quick Book Reviews Podcast

‘You will feel yourself being drawn into the lives of the main characters and you will find it very difficult to put the books down' South London Press

‘The Turnglass is a narrative of mysterious beauty, locking two very different writing styles to tell two very different stories that are linked so, so very elegantly' Shots

‘This is one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read this year’ Bay Tales