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Bezig met laden... The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel (editie 2019)door Imogen Hermes Gowar (Auteur)
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 Roll up, roll up, a true wonder is on display: a mermaid magicked out of words. The author of this debut set in Georgian London gulled me, by the zest of her writing and sustained authorial sleight of hand, into forgetting for a second that they do not exist..There are deep currents roiling here, but the book takes its time setting them in motion. On the whole, investment by the reader is amply repaid....There is much to chew on here, and much to savour, presented with wit and showmanship. Would that showmanship were a gender-neutral word, though, because all the elan of this book is female, from the madams running their girls, to the book’s most obvious literary forebear, Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus. Imogen Hermes Gowar delights in the feminine fakery of mermaids, but as a writer she is the real deal. PrijzenOnderscheidingenErelijsten
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction â?˘ A Refinery 29 Favorite Book of the Year â?˘ A Booklist Top 10 First Novels of the Year â?˘ A People Best Book of the Fall "Wonderful... completely transporting." â??Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a most unusual creatureâ??and meets a most extraordinary womanâ??in this much-lauded, atmospheric debut that examines our capacity for wonder, obsession, and desire with all the magnetism, originality, and literary magic of The Essex Serpent. One September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London. The captain of one of Jonah's trading vessels is waiting eagerly on the front step, bearing shocking news. On a voyage to the Far East, he sold the Jonah's ship for something rare and far more precious: a mermaid. Jonah is stunnedâ??the object the captain presents him is brown and wizened, as small as an infant, with vicious teeth and claws, and a torso that ends in the tail of a fish. It is also dead. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlors and brothels, all of London is curious to see this marvel in Jonah Hancock's possession. Thrust from his ordinary existence, somber Jonah finds himself moving from the city's seedy underbelly to the finest drawing rooms of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of the coquettish Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes onâ??and a shrewd courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting sparks a perilous liaison that steers both their lives onto a dangerous new course as they come to realize that priceless things often come at the greatest cost. Imogen Hermes Gowar, Britain's most-heralded new literary talent, makes her debut with this spellbinding novel of a merchant, a mermaid, and a madamâ??an unforgettable confection that explores obsession, wonder, and the deepest desires of the heart with bawdy wit, intrigue, Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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