L'opera di Sarah Perry esplora le intricate connessioni tra fede, corpo e relazioni umane. La sua scrittura, spesso ambientata in contesti storici, è caratterizzata da una prosa ricca ed evocativa che trascina il lettore in profonde esplorazioni psicologiche. Perry intreccia magistralmente elementi soprannaturali con interrogativi esistenziali, creando narrazioni che sono sia avvincenti che stimolanti. La sua narrativa offre uno studio avvincente della psiche umana e del suo posto nel mondo.
Exploring the delightful universe of candy, this illustrated collection of essays presents both simple joys and complex indulgences. The award-winning author offers a sophisticated yet playful look at the diverse pleasures associated with sweets, inviting readers to savor the nostalgia and artistry behind their favorite confections.
This illustrated collection of essays explores the delightful and complex world of candy, blending humor and sophistication. The author, known for their previous work "After the Eclipse," offers a unique perspective on the joys and intricacies of candy culture. Accompanied by charming illustrations from Forsyth Harmon, the book captures both simple pleasures and deeper reflections, making it a captivating read for candy enthusiasts and casual readers alike.
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends. Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits—torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community. It is two romantic relationships that will rend their friendship, and in the wake of this rupture, Thomas develops an obsession with a vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and Grace flees Aldleigh entirely for London. Over the course of twenty years, by coincidence and design, Thomas and Grace will find their lives brought back into orbit as the mystery of the vanished astronomer unfolds into a devastating tale of love and scientific pursuit. Thomas and Grace will ask themselves what it means to love and be loved, what is fixed and what is mutable, how much of our fate is predestined and written in the stars, and whether they can find their way back to each other. A thrillingly ambitious novel of friendship, faith, and unrequited love, rich in symmetry and symbolism, Enlightenment is a shimmering wonder of a book and Sarah Perry’s finest work to date.
A defence and celebration of the Essex Girl by the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent.
From the author of the bestselling The Essex Serpent comes a darkly inventive and deeply moving novel that speaks urgently to our times.
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick - A BookPage Best Book of the Year - A Poets & Writers Notable Nonfiction Debut of the Year "Stunning . . . A graceful and powerful memorial."--Entertainment Weekly "Raw and perfect."--Laura Miller, Slate When Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse; she took it as a good omen for her and her mother, Crystal. But that moment of darkness foreshadowed a much larger one: two days later, Crystal was murdered in their home in rural Maine. It took twelve years to find the killer. In that time, Sarah rebuilt her life amid abandonment, police interrogations, and the exacting toll of trauma. She dreamed of a trial, but when the day came, it brought no closure. It was not her mother's death she wanted to understand, but her life. She began her own investigation, one that drew her back to Maine, deep into the darkness of a small American town. A memoir of "unerring power and hard-won wisdom" and a "tender elegy"* for a mother lost, with After the Eclipse "Perry succeeds in restoring her mother's humanity and her own" (New York Times Book Review). * Margo Jefferson
È inverno a Praga e la neve scende sulla città. Helen Franklin, quarantaduenne con l'orologio della madre al polso, cammina con lo sguardo fisso sul selciato. Ha lasciato l'Inghilterra vent'anni fa e si trova a Praga non per la bellezza della città, ma per un oscuro fantasma del suo passato. Mentre si muove tra la folla, sente qualcuno chiamare il suo nome e riconosce Karel Prahn, una delle poche persone che frequenta. Karel, visibilmente provato, le porge un manoscritto in tedesco ricevuto da un uomo anziano conosciuto in Biblioteca, ora deceduto. L'involucro, chiuso con spago, sembra un antico palinsesto, ma è datato 2016 e parla di Melmoth la Testimone, un'entità legata al male del mondo, pronta a manifestarsi in luoghi di desolazione. Helen inizialmente considera la storia di Melmoth una leggenda, ma quando Karel scompare misteriosamente, inizia a comprendere che il male ha molte facce. Per lei, il tuono non sarà più solo un suono e un'ombra non sarà più solo una macchia scura.
Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical discovery which defined the era, The Essex Serpent has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who fall for each other, but not in the usual way. They are Cora Seaborne and Will Ransome. Cora is a well-to-do London widow who moves to the Essex parish of Aldwinter, and Will is the local vicar. They meet as their village is engulfed by rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming human lives, has returned. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist is enthralled, convinced the beast may be a real undiscovered species. But Will sees his parishioners' agitation as a moral panic, a deviation from true faith. Although they can agree on absolutely nothing, as the seasons turn around them in this quiet corner of England, they find themselves inexorably drawn together and torn apart. Told with exquisite grace and intelligence, this novel is most of all a celebration of love, and the many different guises it can take
The haunting and hypnotic debut novel from the author of the bestselling The Essex Serpent.
Illustrations present such imaginative possibilities as worms with wheels, caterpillar toothpaste, and whales in outer space.
