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The Luminaries

Door Eleanor Catton

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#398645-XM27
Titel
The Luminaries
Auteur
Catton, Eleanor
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Granta
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1847084311
ISBN13
9781847084316
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original yellow boards, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The astonishing and epic second novel from the prize-winning author of The Rehearsal - a sure contender for every major literary prize. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky. The Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction, which more than fulfils the promise of The Rehearsal. Like that novel, it is full of narrative, l... (Lees verder)inguistic and psychological pleasures, and has a fiendishly clever and original structuring device. Written in pitch-perfect historical register, richly evoking a mid-19th century world of shipping and banking and goldrush boom and bust, it is also a ghost story, and a gripping mystery. It is a thrilling achievement for someone still in her mid-twenties, and will confirm for critics and readers that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international writing firmament.
Pagina's
832
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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