Cursed Bread A Novel
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.03.2024
Verlag
Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
208
Maße (L/B/H)
20,1/12,9/1,6 cm
Gewicht
206 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-593-46680-3
WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION NOMINEE - Best Book of the Month: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Book Riot, CrimeReads - An elegant and hypnotic new novel of obsession that centers on the real unsolved mystery of the 1951 mass poisoning of a French village, by the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure
"Intoxicating, sumptuous, and savage."--Alexandra Kleeman, acclaimed author of Something New Under the Sun
Still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit collectively lost its mind. Some historians believe the mysterious illness and violent hallucinations were caused by spoiled bread; others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population.
In that town lived a woman named Elodie. She was the baker's wife: a plain, unremarkable person who yearned to transcend her dull existence. So when a charismatic new couple arrived in town, the forceful ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet, Elodie was quickly drawn into their orbit. Thus began a dangerous game of cat and mouse--but who was the predator and on whom did they prey?
Audacious and mesmerizing, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, and an erotic fable of transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
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Mass poisoning has never been this enjoyable
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A french small town is shaken up by the arrival of an american ambassador and his mysterious wife. Everyone seems to watch their every move, but especially Elodie, the bakers wife, feels drawn to the couple like a moth to the light. Her and the ambassadors wife seem to grow close, while strange and awful events happen around them. Six dead horses just outside the town? A boy who jumps into the midsummer fests fire? And what does the bread have to do with it? I'm still not quite sure to be honest, but i enjoyed this book anyway! A little morbid, kind of rotten, and strangely sensual.
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