'Do monsters always stay in the book where they were born Are they content to live out their lives on paper,and never step foot into the real world'The Villa Diodati,on the shore of Lake Geneva,1816: the Year without Summer. As Byron,Polidori,and Mr and Mrs Shelley shelter from the unexpected weather,old ghost stories are read and new ghost stories imagined. Born by the twin brains of the Shelleys is Frankenstein,one of the most influential tales of horror of all time. In a remote mountain house,high in the French Alps,an author broods on Shelley's creation. Reality and perception merge,fuelled by poisoned thoughts. Humankind makes monsters; but who really creates who This is a book about reason,the imagination,and the creative act of reading and writing. Marcus Sedgwick's ghostly,menacing novel celebrates the legacy of Mary Shelley's literary debut in its bicentenary year.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781788542319Number of pages: 272Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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An ambitious and original take on the gothicQuiet,riveting and compelling with an unnerving atmosphere and a deeply troubling sense of unrest that must be experienced. Genre-defying,truly great horrorA taut menacing ghost story'Wow,so elegantly done,so intelligent and so darkDeeply atmospheric and gothicly creepy,this is probably my favourite Sedgwick book to date... This is a must'There is a great cinematic quality to the writingThis slender,beautifully written novel is probably best read in one atmospheric sittingMonsters are born in the pages of books but spread their twisted limbs in far wider and unexpected ways. This premise is at the centre of this slick,teasing and knowing novel... Erudite and gripping,this is a dialogue between literary traditions... Exquisitely written,the book is also beautifully illustrated - in monochrome. The thinking reader's spook-fest'This claustrophobic monstrous tale will lure you in to witness the tortured mind of a writerBeautifully written... Sedgwick sustains the sense of dread well'
Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a British author of children's fiction,primarily in the Young Adult genre. His best known novels are Floodland and My Swordhand is Singing,and his latest book is Snowflake,AZ.
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