Diane Setterfield Libri

Margaret Lea è una giovane libraia antiquaria con una passione per le biografie letterarie. La sua vita tranquilla viene stravolta da una lettera enigmatica che la invita a diventare la biografa di Vida Winter, una scrittrice carismatica e sfuggente. Dopo iniziali esitazioni e dubbi sulla sua idoneità, Margaret accetta l'invito e si reca nella remota magione dell'autrice, immersa nelle campagne dello Yorkshire. Affrontando le difficoltà di rapportarsi con la complessa Vida, Margaret inizia a scoprire la storia della misteriosa famiglia Angelfield e un racconto inedito che Vida ha sempre tenuto nascosto. La narrazione si sviluppa, rivelando non solo le intricate esistenze di personaggi avvolti nel segreto, ma anche l'intensa amicizia che si forma tra Margaret e Vida, due donne di generazioni diverse. Attraverso il potere della narrazione, entrambe troveranno verità su se stesse che non avrebbero mai potuto scoprire da sole. Questo viaggio di scoperta e rivelazione si intreccia con le storie di vita e di segreti, creando un legame profondo tra le due protagoniste.

Bellman & Black is a heart-thumpingly perfect ghost story, beautifully and irresistibly written, its ratcheting tension exquisitely calibrated line by line. Its hero is William Bellman, who, as a boy of 10, killed a shiny black rook with a catapult, and who grew up to be someone, his neighbours think, who "could go to the good or the bad." And indeed, although William Bellman's life at first seems blessed—he has a happy marriage to a beautiful woman, becomes father to a brood of bright, strong children, and thrives in business—one by one, people around him die. And at each funeral, he is startled to see a strange man in black, smiling at him. At first, the dead are distant relatives, but eventually his own children die, and then his wife, leaving behind only one child, his favourite, Dora. Unhinged by grief, William gets drunk and stumbles to his wife's fresh grave—and who should be there waiting, but the smiling stranger in black. The stranger has a proposition for William—a mysterious business called "Bellman & Black" . . .

'I was completely spellbound' - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things 'Setterfield is a master storyteller' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe Some say the river drowned her... Some say it brought her back to life On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the Thames, the regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open and in steps an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a child. Hours later, the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? And who does the little girl belong to? An exquisitely crafted historical mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Victorian age. ____________________ Praise for Diane Setterfield- 'An absolute feast of a book, which will keep you engrossed' RED magazine 'Brimming with folklore, intrigue and romance, this is a story to savour' Woman & Home 'Once Upon a River continues to demonstrate Setterfield's mastery of the Gothic genre in a way that will appeal to modern readers' The Independent Readers are captivated by Once Upon a River- ***** 'Pure escapism, a beautifully written story.' ***** 'It felt as comforting as the fantastical stories you read as a child yet with a darker edge.' ***** 'I was entranced from the beginning to the end.'

Роман «Тринадцатая сказка» - дебютный роман британской писательницы Дианы Setterfield, созданный в жанре «неоготики». Это готическая история, полная тайн. Маргарет Ли, работающая в букинистической лавке своего отца, приняв приглашение стать биографом знаменитой писательницы Виды Винтер, оказывается в стенах мрачного особняка, населенного призраками прошлого. Ее собственная история странным образом перекликается с разворачивающейся историей сестер-близнецов, постепенно подводя к разгадке тайны.