The Ghost of the Mary Celeste - Brossura

Martin, Valerie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780226217 ISBN 13: 9781780226217

Casa editrice: W&N, 2015

Riassunto

A mystery unsolved to this day
A mystic who confounds the cynics
A writer looking for the story that will make his name

A ghost ship appears in the mist. To the struggling author Arthur Conan Doyle, it is an inspiration. To Violet Petra, the gifted American psychic, it is a cruel reminder. To the death-obsessed Victorian public, it is a fascinating distraction. And to one family, tied to the sea for generations, it is a tragedy.

In salons and on rough seas, at séances and in the imagination of a genius, these stories converge in unexpected ways as the mystery of the ghost ship deepens. But will the sea yield its secrets, and to whom?

Su questo libro

Recensione:

THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE is a wonderfully ingenious novel, compelling, convincing and exciting. (John Banville)

Valerie Martin is a writer of immense talent and insight. Her latest novel weaves a beautiful tale of loss, love and the connections that link us. One moment we're aboard the doomed ship, another we're in the pages of a diary, yet another we're looking at a tragedy. THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE offers readers a riveting cast and evocative prose. (Yann Martel, bestselling author of LIFE OF PI)

A masterpiece of fine detail and intense reimagining. (Christobel Kent THE GUARDIAN)

In December 1872, the brig the Mary Celeste was discovered in the middle of the Atlantic, headed for Gibraltar, perfectly intact, and with no one aboard. The famous mystery lies at the heart of this wonderful, truly haunting novel, but it's a mystery which this very talented American novelist approaches obliquely and from a handful of viewpoints, before and after the ship's disappearance... It is all really rather brilliantly done - fluently written, vividly imagined, moving and genuinely, chillingly spooky. (Harry Ritchie DAILY MAIL)

This tale of ghost ships, mystery writers and seances is dripping with atmosphere (THE TIMES)

The Ghost of the Mary Celeste is an unusual page-turner from an Orange Prize-winning novelist, paying homage to Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad and Conan Doyle (Hope Whitmore THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

This is a fiction permeated by absence. Gradually we come to understand that it is not just the events about theMary Celeste that are unknowable: that mystery is merely a spectacular version of the enigmas that haunt all transactions. The amused clarity of Martin's prose lends itself well to anatomising the ineffable. (Jane Shilling NEW STATESMAN)

The discovery of the Mary Celeste in 1872, adrift and unmanned, continues to inspire and intrigue. The enigma surrounding its fate is retold in this riveting tale that delivers a convincing portrait of the era, while also sustaining our curiosity. Masterfully weaving fact and fiction, it focuses on the relationship between a cynical journalist and the psychic cousin of the missing ship's captain, as they both try to unearth what happened. Written in vivid prose, it is an evocative account of Victorian scepticism. A maritime ghost story that keeps you guessing. (THE LADY)

A sly and masterly historical novel, a page-turner written with intelligence and flair (John Vernon THE SCOTSMAN)

Vivid descriptions of life at sea (THE MAIL ON SUNDAY)

Descrizione del libro:

From the ORANGE PRIZE-winning author, an enthralling novel about the enduring mystery of the Mary Celeste, an infamous mystic and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W&N
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780226217
• ISBN 13: 9781780226217
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320