Cursed Bread

Longlisted for the Women's Prize

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<b>GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023</b><br><br><b>From the Booker Prize-nominated author of <i>The Water Cure</i> comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery...</b><br><br><b>A recommended read for 2023 in <i>The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, Scotsman, iD, Good Housekeeping, Big Issue </i>and <i>Our Culture</i></b><br><br><b>'A shimmering fever-dream of a novel' <i>Telegraph</i><br><br>'A dreamy sapphic romp</b><b>' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><i>If you eat the bread, you'll die, he said. The statement made no sense, but it filled me with an electric dread.</i><br><br>Elodie is the baker's wife. A plain, unremarkable woman, ignored by her husband and underestimated by her neighbours, she burns with the secret desire to be extraordinary. One day a charismatic new couple appear in town - the ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet - and Elodie quickly falls under their spell. All summer long she stalks them through the shining streets: inviting herself into their home, eavesdropping on their coded conversations, longing to be part of their world.<br><br>Meanwhile, beneath the tranquil surface of daily life, strange things are happening. Six horses are found dead in a sun-drenched field, laid out neatly on the ground like an offering. Widows see their lost husbands walking up the moonlit river, coming back to claim them. A teenage boy throws himself into the bonfire at the midsummer feast. A dark intoxication is spreading through the town, and when Elodie finally understands her role in it, it will be too late to stop.<br><br>Audacious and mesmerising, <i>Cursed Bread</i> is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.<br><br><b>'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill<i>' Guardian</i>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241539620

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

234 x 153 x 14 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Hamish Hamilton