Hyde - Brossura

Levine, Daniel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0544484029 ISBN 13: 9780544484023

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2015

Riassunto

A New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the Washington Post’s 5 Best Thrillers of the Year
 
“[A] knockout debut novel . . . As dark and twisted and alluring as the night-cloaked streets of nineteenth-century London, and this book is as much a fascinating psychological query as it is a gripping narrative.” —Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon

Summoned to life by strange potions, Hyde knows not when or how long he will have control of “the body.” When dormant, he watches Dr. Jekyll from a remove, conscious of this other, high-class life but without influence. As the experiment continues, their mutual existence is threatened, not only by the uncertainties of untested science, but also by a mysterious stalker. Hyde is being taunted—possibly framed. Girls have gone missing; someone has been killed. Who stands watching in the shadows? In the blur of this shared consciousness, can Hyde ever be confident these crimes were not committed by his hand?
 
“A pleasure . . . Rich in gloomy, moody atmosphere (Levine’s London has a brutal steampunk quality), and its narrator’s plight is genuinely poignant.” —New York Times Book Review

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Recensione:

"Ingenious revision...the novel is a pleasure...a worthy companion to its predecessor. It’s rich in gloomy, moody atmosphere (Levine’s London has a brutal steampunk quality), and its narrator’s plight is genuinely poignant." — New York Times Book Review "Riveting Hyde renders evil in shades of gray...in his spellbinding first novel [Levine] offers many surprises and rich, often intoxicating prose. It’s a fascinating read."—Washington Post "Levine's account is a masterpiece of hallucination; his narrator is feverish, righteous, intense. . . And about that confession: Hyde doesn't open it, and neither does Levine. He leaves it to Stevenson, to whom he is faithful with his prose. The shockers may be born of this century, but this chilling new version is a remarkably good fit with the original horror classic."—Miami Herald

"Hyde is masterfully told, with plenty of damp and spooky London gothic atmosphere. . . A haunting yarn with a sumptuous Victorian atmosphere exquisitely re-imagines Stevenson's 'monster,' the maligned Hyde."—Shelf Awareness

"Levine's evocation of Victorian England is marvelously authentic, and his skill at grounding his narrative in arresting descriptive images is masterful."—Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review

"Ambitious and imaginative. . . Taking the parameters of Stevenson's story, but deepening and extending the details, Levine allows us to view Hyde not merely as the venal incarnation of Jekyll's soul, but as a fully fledged character in his own right—and, in many ways, a sympathetic one as well. . . With compelling intensity, Levine makes a noteworthy literary debut."—BookPage

"Levine's masterful in his surrealistic observations of Hyde subsuming Jekyll...Cleverly imagined and sophisticated in execution."—Kirkus

L'autore:

DANIEL LEVINE studied English literature and creative writing at Brown University and received his MFA in fiction writing from the University of Florida.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0544484029
• ISBN 13: 9780544484023
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 397