Curdle Creek

Winner of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Novel Award

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Beschreibung

<p>'A gorgeously written, surrealist folktale that goes bone deep. <b>Compelling, thought-provoking, thrilling, haunting</b>, Yvonne Battle-Felton's<i> Curdle Creek</i> is <b>simply a marvel</b>' Paul Tremblay, author of THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD and HORROR MOVIE<br><br>'A <b>thoughtful, sinister tour-de-force</b>' Tananarive Due, L.A. Times Book Prize-winning author of THE REFORMATORY<br><br>Welcome to Curdle Creek. We're dying to make you feel at home.<br><br>Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America governed by a tradition of ominous rituals designed to keep the residents safe.<br><br>Curdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in, one out.<br><br>And one day, it is Osira's turn.<br><br>Forced into the great unknown. The sinister reality of her birthplace unravels around her. As she comes face-to-face with those she believed were lost, Osira must reckon with all she has ever been told and confront the insidious cruelties of inheritance.<br><br>'From the start, there are <b>echoes of Shirley Jackson</b>'s <i>The Lottery</i>, but readers who think they know where this is going will be surprised, as Osira's story has many weirder twists and turns ahead' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>'<b>Tautly written, utterly gripping</b>, Yvonne Battle-Felton's novel invites the reader into<b> a world of mystery and mythology</b>' Carolyn Ferrell, author of DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780349703541

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

229 x 151 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

John Murray Press