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Bezig met laden... The Gifts: A Novel (editie 2023)door Liz Hyder (Auteur)
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"It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . . October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger . . . The Gifts is an astonishing novel, a spellbinding tale told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth century London, it explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society and the dark danger of ambition"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is a complex story, but one that's definitely worth your time and energy to read and think about.
At first, the introduction of various parallel characters confused me, but I soon became very invested in the stories of Etta, Annie, Natalya and Mary, and was eager to see how they would intersect. The writing is lovely, and all the characters are fully three-dimensional and rendered with much care.
I don't want to spoil any of the plot, but this tale contains elements of the best fairy tales, historical fiction and feminist allegory -- all wrapped into one. If you're interested in any of those, I highly recommend you give The Gifts a read once it's published later this month. ( )