UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34166890
Ausgabe:
Unabridged
ISBN:
9780241375747
Inhalt:
"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller, read by Rachel Bavidge. From the attic of a dilapidated English country house, she sees them - Cara first: dark and beautiful, clinging to a marble fountain of Cupid, and Peter, an Apollo. It is 1969 and they are spending the summer in the rooms below hers while Frances writes a report on the follies in the garden for the absent American owner. But she is distracted. Beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, she discovers a peephole which gives her access to her neighbours' private lives. To Frances' surprise, Cara and Peter are keen to spend time with her. It is the first occasion that she has had anybody to call a friend, and before long they are spending every day together: eating lavish dinners, drinking bottle after bottle of wine, and smoking cigarettes till the ash piles up on the crumbling furniture. Frances is dazzled. But as the hot summer rolls lazily on, it becomes clear that not everything is right between Cara and Peter. The stories that Cara tells don't quite add up - and as Frances becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of the glamorous, hedonistic couple, the boundaries between truth and lies, right and wrong, begin to blur. Amid the decadence of that summer, a small crime brings on a bigger one: a crime so terrible that it will brand all their lives forever. 'A twisty, thorny, darkly atmospheric page turner about loneliness and belonging' Gabriel Tallent, author of My Absolute Darling 'Incredibly atmospheric, vivid and intriguing. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't reading a forgotten classic' Emma Healey"
Inhalt:
Rezension(1): "Claire Fuller was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1967. She gained a degree in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, but went on to have a long career in marketing and didn't start writing until she was forty. Bitter Orange is her third novel. Her first novel, Our Endless Numbered Days, won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Winchester and lives in Hampshire with her husband and two children." Rezension(2): "Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times:It is rare for me to put down a novel and then immediately consider rereading it to see what cleverness I might have missed. This time, though, I am tempted." Rezension(3): "The Big Issue:Elegant, atmospheric, vivid" Rezension(4): "Publishers Weekly:Cannily releasing clues on the way to an explosive finale . The lush setting and remarkable characters make for an immersive mystery" Rezension(5): "Belfast Telegraph:Full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller" Rezension(6): "Amanda Craig, Telegraph:Atmospheric. Rich, clever and very readable." Rezension(7): "Emma Healey:Reminds me of JL Carr's A Month in the Country, Daphne Du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, and Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Incredibly atmospheric, vivid, and intriguing. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't reading a forgotten classic." Rezension(8): "Good Housekeeping:Loneliness, guilt and atonement are at the heart of the atmospheric Bitter Orange" Rezension(9): "Laline Paull:As haunting as tuberose and delicate as a scalpel" Rezension(10): "Mail on Sunday:Sinister and suspenseful, this gothic novel simmers with guilt, lust and envy" Rezension(11): "The Sunday Mirror:Multi-layered, lush, twisty and brilliantly clever" Rezension(12): "Independent:Heady, claustrophobic . makes for perfect heatwave reading. Echoes Penelope Lively's Booker-winning Moon Tiger, Anita Brookner's Look At Me, and Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger" Rezension(13): "Country Life:With shades of Brideshead and Manderley, Claire Fuller's atmospheric third novel plays a satisfyingly unpredictable game with reader expectations. Prepare to be meticulously unsettled and horribly enthralled" Rezension(14): "Financial Times:A smart creation from a skilled writer: a heady psychological novel that builds its layers carefully to allow gradual revelations and stomach-churning surprises" Rezension(15): "The Sunday Times Culture:Full of complex characters and narrative richness" Rezension(16): "Gabriel Tallent, author of My Absolute Darling:A twisty, thorny, darkly atmospheric page turner about loneliness and belonging" Rezension(17): "Irish Times:Bitter Orange reads like an assured, old-school, du Maurieresque classic. It's an atmospheric page-turner that speeds us towards a bloody climax of shocks and surprises" Rezension(18): " Publisher's Weekly : August 13, 2018 Fuller’s brooding latest (after Swimming Lessons ) is set in one of those decaying British mansions tailor-made for a story of dysfunctional relationships. In the summer of 1969, socially awkward and anxious Frances Jellico is 39 and has been hired by an American who just bought a crumbling estate in the British countryside to survey the landscape and buildings on it. Making herself at home in a decrepit attic room, she is surprised to discover a young couple there, living in the rooms below hers, and can’t resist spying on them through a peephole that conveniently links her bathroom to theirs. Peter, handsome and welcoming, has been hired to survey the contents of the manor, though he spends more time drinking up the contents of its wine cellar. Cara, Irish and pretentious, tells Frances long, implausible stories of her life, which the credulous Frances soaks up. Frances falls in love with Peter and believes he reciprocates her feelings while ignoring the more suitable vicar of the local church. Cannily releasing clues on the way to an explosive finale, Fuller moves fluidly between the time of the story and a period 20 years later, when Frances is lying in a hospital and close to death. The lush setting and remarkable characters make for an immersive mystery. Agent: David Forrer, InkWell Management. "
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Hörbuch
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0290-1/4056662-BitterOrange.mp3
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https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f4e8a835-9086-42cf-8639-48f289e4c0bd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
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http://voebb.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F4E8A835-9086-42CF-8639-48F289E4C0BD
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