Melmoth
Perry, Sarah, 1979-2018
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Total copies: 4
The author of }The Essex Serpent{ speaks to our times to moving effect as a guilt-ridden woman immerses herself in the legend of folklore female entity Melmoth - the loneliest being in the world, set on beguiling the guilty into joining her condemned wandering. THE NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ESSEX SERPENT OBSERVER BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 'A beautiful, devastating, brilliant book' Marian Keyes 'Astonishingly dark, rich storytelling, exquisitely balanced between gothic shocks and emotional truth' Francis Spufford 'Mythic, ominous and sensitively human, Melmoth is haunting in all the best ways' Frances Hardinge **** Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change. A strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her. Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. Helen can't stop reading, or shake the feeling that someone is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take. Exquisitely written, and gripping until the very last page, this is a masterpiece of moral complexity, asking us profound questions about mercy, redemption, and how to make the best of our conflicted world.
Main title:
Melmoth / Sarah Perry.
Author:
Perry, Sarah, 1979-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
Collation:
270 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781788160650 (hbk)9781788160667 (pbk)9781782834557 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6116.E776
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
324646