Venetian Vespers

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Beschreibung

A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR, SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW AND THE SEA<br><br>Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . .<br>Winter 1899, and strange things are afoot. As the new century approaches, English hack writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst of a rift between Laura and her father, Evelyn's plans for a substantial inheritance look to be dashed.<br><br>Arriving in Venice for their belated honeymoon at Palazzo Dioscuri - the ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo - the couple are met by a series of seemingly<br>otherworldly occurrences, which exacerbate Evelyn's already frayed nerves. Is it just the sea mist blanketing the floating city, or is he really losing his mind?<br><br>'A marvellous and rewarding novelist . . . He is a magician, really.' THE SCOTSMAN<br>'Banville has a grim gift of seeing people's souls.' DON DeLILLO'The most eminent innovator in Irish fiction of the last 50 years.' IRISH TIMES<br>'One of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG<br>'Banville writes prose of such luscious elegance.' NEW YORK TIMES

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780571386642

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

214 x 137 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Faber And Faber Ltd.