The Blue Maiden
A dazzling feminist gothic about witches, loss and resilience
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Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-78649-583-9 (ISBN)
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-78649-583-9 (ISBN)
A starkly beautiful, hypnotic gothic debut novel on resilience and lineage in the face of a patriarchy both hostile to and reliant on its women.
'Haunting' NEW YORK TIMES
'A shimmering spell of a novel' EMMA TÖRZS
'Partly a young girl's coming of age, partly a treatise of the wildness of women' STEPHANIE DANLER
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It's 1825, generations since the women of Berggrund Island stood accused of witchcraft, many of them put to death. But the shadow of this violent past looms large over the isolated community.
Now, the island is overseen by Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, rebellious, and consumed by a curiosity about their home's dark history and the mother they lost.
When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths a buried history to shocking ends...
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Readers are loving The Blue Maiden
'A beautifully told story'
'One of the most immersive novels I've read in ages'
'I loved loved this'
'A perfect read for the fall season'
'A fantastic Nordic Folk Horror'
'Haunting' NEW YORK TIMES
'A shimmering spell of a novel' EMMA TÖRZS
'Partly a young girl's coming of age, partly a treatise of the wildness of women' STEPHANIE DANLER
_______________________________________________________
It's 1825, generations since the women of Berggrund Island stood accused of witchcraft, many of them put to death. But the shadow of this violent past looms large over the isolated community.
Now, the island is overseen by Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, rebellious, and consumed by a curiosity about their home's dark history and the mother they lost.
When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths a buried history to shocking ends...
___________________
Readers are loving The Blue Maiden
'A beautifully told story'
'One of the most immersive novels I've read in ages'
'I loved loved this'
'A perfect read for the fall season'
'A fantastic Nordic Folk Horror'
Anna Noyes' debut collection, Goodnight, Beautiful Women, was a finalist for the Story Prize and the New England Book Award, as well as a New York Times Editors' Choice, Indie Next Pick, Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, and Amazon Best Book of the Month. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her fiction has appeared in Vice, A Public Space, and Guernica, among others. She has received the Lotos Foundation Prize and the Henfield Prize, as well as residencies from MacDowell, Yaddo, Lighthouse Works, the James Merrill House, and Aspen Words. She lives in New York, on Fishers Island.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.05.2025 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78649-583-X / 178649583X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78649-583-9 / 9781786495839 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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