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Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But the sheltered life she has crafted for herself is about to change. A strange manuscript has come into her possession, and its contents have the power to unravel every strand of her fragile safety net. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her. Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. Despite her scepticism, Helen can't stop reading, or shake the feeling that someone or something is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take. Exquisitely
O capodopera a goticului postmodern! - The Guardian Strabatand apele intunecate ale istoriei, Melmoth bantuie lumea de secole, iar acum vine spre noi in romanul cu care se intoarce Sarah Perry dupa succesul cu Sarpele din Essex. In biblioteca pragheza la
Melmoth, Jonathan: - Jonathan Melmoth (Author) Jonathan has fond memories of eating biscuits and reading Usborne books in his grandmother's cosiest armchair as a child, so it was only natural to end up eating biscuits and writing Usborne books as a grown-up. He studied Russian at university and his
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The Penguin English Library Edition of Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin "My hour is come ... the clock of eternity is about to strike, but its knell must be unheard by mortal ears!" This violent, profound, baroque and blackly humorous novel is the story of Melmoth, who has sold his soul in ex
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Masterful...scary and smart, working as a horror story but also a philosophical inquiry into the nature of will and love. Perry did as much in her richly praised novel The Essex Serpent, but this is a deeper, more complex novel and more rewarding. -- Washington Post For centuries, the mysterious dar
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