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A THE TIMES AND TIME MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Extraordinary . . . clever, strange and beautifully written' THE TIMES

'A rich, atmospheric novel thrumming with menace' NEW YORK TIMES

'Prompts thoughts of both THE CRUCIBLE and THE VIRGIN SUICIDES . . . Purvis is an exquisitely accomplished wordsmith.' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'A taut, tense tale, impeccably told' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Feverish, finely wrought and unforgettable.' DAILY MAIL

'An unflinchingly strange and savage novel - a rare and twisted pleasure, and an unmissable must-read for every girl who has ever been made to feel strange.' LUCY ROSE, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LAMB

'Haunting and beguiling, this fever dream of a novel draws you in and colours your mind all shades of doubt and suspicion.' STACEY HALLS, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FAMILIARS

'Melancholy and bittersweet.' OTEGHA UWAGBA, Sunday Times bestselling author of LITTLE BLACK BOOK

'A novel of rare grace and skill, exquisitely wrought and simmering with feral violence.' ROWE IRVIN, author of LIFE CYCLE OF A MOTH

Many stories are told about the five Mansfield sisters. They are haughty, thinking themselves better than their neighbours in the picturesque village of Little Nettlebed. They have taken the death of their grandmother hard. They are liars, troublemakers, untamed and dangerous... Accounts of their behaviour differ, but the villagers all agree that the girls are odd.

One long summer, a heatwave descends. Bloated sea creatures wash up along the parched riverbed, animals grow frenzied, ravens gather on the roofs of those about to die. As the stifling heat grips the village, so does a strange rumour: the Mansfield sisters have been seen transforming into a pack of dogs.

With the witch trials only a recent memory, hysteria sets in. Slowly but surely, the villagers become convinced that something strange is taking root in Little Nettlebed. And when a bark finally leads to a bite, the sisters will be the ones to pay for it.

Visceral and richly atmospheric, The Hounding plunges its reader into 18th century Oxfordshire, where the power of a man's word is absolute, and it is safer to be a wild animal than an unconventional young woman.

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'Utterly bizarre in the best way possible' ? ? ? ? ? BOOK REVIEWER

'A glorious shimmering heat mirage of a novel' ? ? ? ? ? BOOK REVIEWER

'A visceral and consuming fever dream of a book' ? ? ? ? ? BOOK REVIEWER

'Tense, almost claustrophobic' ? ? ? ? ? BOOK REVIEWER

'Sharp and extremely enjoyable' ? ? ? ? ? BOOK REVIEWER

Parametry knihy

Zařazení knihy Knihy v němčině Belletristik Erzählende Literatur Hauptwerk vor 1945

• Plný název: The Hounding
• Autor: Xenobe Purvis
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 272
• EAN: 9781529154504
• ISBN: 1529154502
• ID: 46597695
• Nakladatelství: Cornerstone
• Hmotnost: 378 g
• Rozměry: 222 × 138 mm
• Datum vydání: 26. June 2025

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