Burning Angel and Other Stories
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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 352 |
| Format | 13,5 x 21,6 x 2,5 cm |
| Trade paperback (UK) | |
| Gewicht | 346 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781781090831 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78109083UA |
'Brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES
'Compelling and unnerving' SPECTATOR
__A NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year 2023__
This first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere - and characters out of their depth
A naïve young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career; while a young couple on holiday in Oman accidentally witness a killing, which leads to their being hunted as well. An entomologist at a remote hotel in the Andamans survives a tsunami and uses a dead body to further her study of ants.
Collected here for the first time, Lawrence Osborne's stories, like his novels - 'elaborate and intricately plotted dances macabres' (The Times) - feel like nightmares set against calmly and meticulously observed backgrounds. With their nods to Daphne du Maurier and Roald Dahl, these nine long-form stories explore characters lost in the shadowed borders between the mundane, the fantastical and the violence of the natural world.
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Brilliant... clear but strong, full of mood and meaning Bryan Appleyard SUNDAY TIMES