The Dance Tree

Kiran Millwood Hargraveová

Jazyk:	anglicky
Počet stran:	304
Formát:	13,1 x 19,7 cm
Nakladatel:	Picador
Vazba:	měkká

Cena:	179,00 Kč

• Anotace

  The gripping historical novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies
  
  The Dance Tree is the perfect book club read, as seen on BBC Two's Between the Covers
  
  Lisbet is pregnant, and frightened she will lose this child, too, when the arrival of a stranger upends her world, and promises to change her understanding of love forever.
  
  Ida’s life seems simple – she is married, her family fully formed – but a buried secret threatens to destroy her peaceful existence.
  
  Nethe has just returned from years in exile, punishment for a crime no one will name.
  
  As a mysterious dance plague takes hold of the city of Strasbourg, all three women become entangled in a web of deceit and clandestine passion that has them dancing to a dangerous tune.
  
  

  Review

  Extraordinary . . . enthralling . . . An exceptionally atmospheric, original story ― Sunday Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month
  
  Unusual and beautifully written, and the questions it raises about faith and love linger ― The Times
  
  Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling and totally convincing. Accessible, ambitious, The Dance Tree deserves to win prizes -- Marian Keyes
  
  An intriguing, haunting novel pulsing with raw, beautiful emotion . . . a novel in which female courage and resilience shines brightly against a brilliantly evoked backdrop of claustrophobic horror -- Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne
  
  I absolutely loved this book . . . an exceptionally beautiful portrait of women from the past, told in the most spellbinding prose -- Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den
  
  Millwood Hargrave has a masterly ability to summon the past to the page. The Dance Tree vibrates with urgency; [a] vivid, compassionate evocation of women and their desires in a time of patriarchal control -- Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial Rites
  
  Stunning . . . There is so much pain and grief and loss in it, yet in the end, it all comes back to the redemptive power of love. Sensual, gripping, moving -- Louise O'Neill, bestselling author of Idol
  
  If some prose sings, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s truly dances . . . the book’s wisdom, compassion, and beauty transcend historical boundaries: this is a timeless novel -- Hernan Diaz, author of TRUST
  
  Amazing . . . incredible . . . I was drawn in right away -- Sara Cox, BBC Between the Covers
  
  Exploring themes of motherhood, misogyny, the patriarchy and forbidden love, the author utilises this moment in history as a great catalyst for examining issues that are still central to our contemporary concerns. This interweaving of the past with the present is deftly done with the author’s incredible capacity for empathy illuminating the sensitive topics that the story incorporates. ― Irish Times
  
  The Dance Tree hums with intrigue, grief and rebellion, oozes tenderness and love. Fierce as Lisbet’s bees, delicious as honey. A raw, intoxicating novel -- Joanne Burn, author of The Hemlock Cure

  About the Author

  Kiran Millwood Hargrave (b. 1990) is an award-winning poet, playwright, and novelist. Her bestselling works for children include The Girl of Ink & Stars and have won numerous awards including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year. They have also been shortlisted for prizes such as the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Best Story Award and the Foyles Book of the Year Award. The Mercies is is her first novel for adults. Kiran lives by the river in Oxford, with her husband, artist Tom de Freston, and their rescue cat, Luna.
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  ISBN/EAN:	9781529005189
  Rok vydání:	2023

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