The Absolute Book

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<p><b>DISCOVER THE ENCHANTING EPIC THAT WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO OTHER WORLDS . . .</b><br><br><b>'AN INSTANT CLASSIC' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><b>'BEWITCHING' </b><i>THE TIMES</i><br><b>'MIND-BLOWING' </b>LAINI TAYLOR<br><b>'ASTOUNDING' </b>FRANCIS SPUFFORD<br><b>'GORGEOUSLY WRITTEN' </b>DEBORAH HARKNESS<br>_______<br><br>Taryn Cornick barely remembers the family library. Since her sister was murdered, she's forgotten so much.<br><br>Now it's all coming back. The fire. The thief. The scroll box. People are asking questions about the library. Questions that might relate to her sister's murder.<br><br>And something called The Absolute Book.<br><br>A book in which secrets are written - and which everyone believes only she can find. They insist Taryn be the hunter. But she knows the truth.<br><br>She is the hunted . . .<br><br><b><i>The Absolute Book</i></b><b> is a tale of sisters, ancient blood, a forgotten library, murder, revenge and a book that might just have the answer to everything.</b><br>_______<br><br><b>'An instant classic . . . A work to rank alongside other modern masterpieces of fantasy such as Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series or Susanna Clarke's <i>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell</i>. Everything fantasy should be: original, magical, well read, compelling'</b> <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b>'Astonishing. Gripping. Hugely ambitious. An extraordinary conclusion. Admire the sheer scope and grandeur' </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br><b>'A marvellous argument for stories. </b>There are Norse gods, references to Merlin, a tour through purgatory and <b>a strange parallel world where magic is real</b> and humans are bit players in the clash of supernatural realms.<b> Bewitching' </b><i>THE TIMES</i><br><br><b>'Contains multitudes</b>, spanning the geographies of Canada, Britain and New Zealand; the cosmologies of fairies, demons and angels; and the genres of<b> thriller, domestic realism and epic fantasy . . . I'm in awe of it</b>' <i>NEW YORK TIMES Review of Book</

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781405947244

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 129 x 36 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)