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E-bokEngelska, 2026289 kr
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There is a changeling in this story-but who? Madeleine is young for motherhood, a promising grad student in Victorian and Modernist literature, twenty-three and not long married. Even her mother worries about the timing. But Madeleine's ambivalence is pushed aside by Tom's elation and her own joy at bringing new life to the world. Then comes Maud, perfect and fresh and worth every moment of difficult labor. But after just a few nights, something seems amiss, changed. The child never stops crying. Her hunger is insatiable. Her eyes glint with some kind of ancient mischief. Could Maud be a fairy child, swapped when Madeleine wasn't paying attention? Is the real Maud dancing in the half-light with the fairies and the foxes? Did the gray cat hide her behind the hedge? Meanwhile, the world around them continues in its humdrum ease. Tom works toward a promotion, urging Madeleine to connect with other moms and keep in touch with her colleagues. Her parents travel from abroad to meet the baby, but Madeleine is unnerved by her father's new obsession with genealogy and DNA tests. Interrupted by visions, panicked at her lack of maternal feelings, shut out from her old life, she frantically searches for answers. But the old stories end in sorrow and bloodshed. And fairies do more than kidnap babies. A riveting portrait of madness, motherhood, the myths that haunt us, and the families who keep us tethered, Emily McBride's Queen Mab asks us to reconsider what is real and how we might see a truer picture of ourselves through the darkness.- Nyhet
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026232 kr
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'For readers seeking a book that will shake them, Queen Mab casts its eerie spell slowly, steadily deepening a spiral of misgivings and dread and changelings, until they are entirely entranced' Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of Said the Dead
A changeling child. A mother away with the fairies.
Madeleine is in her early twenties when she conceives on the night of a full moon. Having the baby will mean putting her doctoral studies on hold. Yet from the first flutter of new life, she feels its lure.
Then baby Maud arrives, sweet and tiny, worth every moment of a difficult labour. But when she is returned to Madeleine's arms, something feels wrong. The child won't stop crying. Her eyes glint with an ancient cunning. Could she be an imposter, switched while Madeleine wasn't watching?
Meanwhile, the world carries on. Buses rumble through the city. Baristas steam milk. Alone in the crowd, Madeleine searches for a way to rid herself of this ravenous creature. On her walks with the pram, voices heckle from the hedgerows and mists unfurl across the pavement, beckoning her towards fairyland.
Full of lingering magic and riveting menace, Queen Mab is the story of the most elemental forms of transformation, and one woman's path back to herself.
'Smart, unsettling and tender' Claudia Durastanti, author Strangers I Know
'Perfectly captures those psychedelic, feral postpartum days' Madeleine Watts, Elegy, Southwest
'Darkly funny and devastating' Rebecca Sarah Ley, author of Bad Fiction
'Brave and powerful' Samantha Hunt, author of The Dark Dark
'Strange and bold. It takes no prisoners' Claire Oshetsky, author of Chouette
'A spellbinding account of early motherhood' Lana Bastašic, author of Catch the Rabbit
- E-bokKatalanska, 2023
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A la literatura anglesa, especialment a les seves grans obres, l''entorn natural sol tenir un protagonisme clau. Què seria "Cims borrascosos" sense els seus ermassos? Què seria "Emma" sense el famós pícnic a Box Hill?"Roses i lliris" és una selecció de fragments que corresponen principalment a literatura de ficció del segle XIX i dels primers anys del XX: Austen, Hardy, Scott, Brontë, Dickens, Woolf… Els espais naturals privats —jardins, horts, parcs, llacs, bosquets— hi prenen un relleu extraordinari, perquè no són només el lloc de l''acció, sinó que reflecteixen la classe social, la vida privada i el caràcter profund dels personatges, i sovint la ideologia de l''escriptor. A més, les successives transformacions d''aquests espais expressen l''evolució de la societat i de l''art: els elegants jardins neoclàssics, els assilvestrats jardins romàntics, els recarregats jardins victorians…
