Lullaby: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick - Brossura

Slimani, Leïla

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571337546 ISBN 13: 9780571337545

Casa editrice: FABER ET FABER, 2018

Riassunto

WINNER OF THE DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2019 A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds. When Myriam, a brilliant lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband look for a nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint and hosts enviable birthday parties. But as the couple and their nanny become more and more dependent on each other, jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, until Myriam and Paul's idyllic domesticity is shattered . . .

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Recensione:

The smartest thriller you'll read all year. (Independent)

Compulsively readable. I read it in one sitting. (The Times)

Thrilling . . . Intelligent and unerringly humane. (Julie Myerson Observer)

I defy you to read the disturbing opening sentences and not be compelled to read on. (Stylist)

A remarkable novel . . . dark, ambitious, disturbing and arresting. (Scotland on Sunday)

A taut and exquisitely written novel that will keep you up all night desperately turning the pages. This book is insanely good. (Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat)

Extremely gripping . . . An important book. (Sunday Independent)

From the opening scene . . . the book grabs you and does not let go. (The Pool)

An unnerving, addictive book. (Grazia)

An addictively tense domestic thriller. (Red)

Descrizione del libro:

The number-one bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt - a compulsive, riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood.

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• Editore: FABER ET FABER
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0571337546
• ISBN 13: 9780571337545
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224