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Sarah Perry - Essex Serpent, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Essex Serpent

from the Booker-longlisted author of Enlightenment

Av Sarah Perry

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London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along with her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, in the hope that fresh air and open space will provide refuge.On arrival, they hear rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming lives, has returned to the coastal parish of Aldwinter. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist, is enthralled, convinced that what the locals think is a magical beast may be a yet-undiscovered species. As she sets out on its trail, she is introduced to William Ransome, Aldwinter's vicar, who is also deeply suspicious of the rumours, but thinks they are a distraction from true faith.As he tries to calm his parishioners, Will and Cora strike up an intense relationship, and although they agree on absolutely nothing, they find themselves at once drawn together and torn apart, affecting each other in ways that surprise them both.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-04-20
  • Mått: 128 x 197 x 28 mm
  • Vikt: 369 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 448
  • Förlag: Profile Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781781255452
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for British Book Design and Production Awards 2016 (UK)
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Sarah Perry was born in Essex in 1979. She has been the writer in residence at Gladstone's Library and the UNESCO World City of Literature Writer in Residence in Prague. After Me Comes the Flood, her first novel, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Folio Prize, and won the East Anglian Book of the Year Award. The Essex Serpent was a number one bestseller, Waterstones Book of the Year 2016 and both Fiction book of the Year and Overall Book of the Year 2017 at the British Book Awards. It was then nominated for a further eight literary prizes, including the Costa Novel Award, and the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. She reviews fiction for the Guardian and the Financial Times.

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The Essex Serpent is a novel to relish: a work of great intelligence and charm, by a hugely talented author

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