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Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9780241993903
- Titel
- Cursed Bread
- Författare
- Mackintosh, Sophie
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2024
- Omfång
- 240 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 129 x 198 mm Ryggbredd 13 mm
- Vikt
- 142 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery . . .
'A shimmering fever-dream of a novel' Telegraph
'A dreamy sapphic romp' The Times
'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill' Guardian
Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic tale of a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
Elodie is the baker's wife: plain, unremarkable and unappreciated, she is desperate to escape her dull, small-town life. One day a charismatic new couple appear in the neighbourhood and Elodie quickly falls under their spell. All summer long she stalks them through the shining streets: inviting herself into their home, eavesdropping on their conversations, longing to possess them.
Meanwhile, beneath the tranquil surface of daily life, strange things are happening. The animals expire in the fields for no reason. Ghosts are sighted after dark. A dark intoxication is spreading through the town, and when Elodie finally understands her role in it, it will be too late to stop.
9780241993903 -
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9780241539620
- Titel
- Cursed Bread
- Författare
- Mackintosh, Sophie
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2023
- Omfång
- 192 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 153 x 234 mm Ryggbredd 14 mm
- Vikt
- 239 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- From the Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure and Blue Ticket comes a chilling new feminist fable - an eerie and erotic historical mystery about desire, memory and madness
'Definitely don't miss the return of Sophie Mackintosh' Stylist
'Be sure to read everything Sophie Mackintosh writes' Deborah Levy
In 1951, still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit succumbed to a mass poisoning. Some historians believe the mysterious illness was caused by spoiled bread. Others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population.
In the years before the disaster, there lived in the doomed town a woman named Elodie. She was the baker's wife: a plain, unremarkable person who yearned to transcend her dull existence. So when a charismatic new couple arrived in town (the forceful Ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet), Elodie quickly fell under their spell. Thus began a dangerous and intoxicating game of cat and mouse - but who was the predator and on whom did they prey?
Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
Praise for Sophie Mackintosh:
'An extraordinary debut - otherworldly, luminous, precise' Guardian on The Water Cure
'Dreamlike, tense, compelling, with a pitch-perfect ending' The New York Times on Blue Ticket
'An unsettling dark fantasy... It lingers long after the final page' Daily Telegraph on The Water Cure
'Blue Ticket will worms its way under your skin and haunt your dreams' Red
Penguin Books Ltd. 9780241539620
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