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I love Sebastian's courage, his lightness, and his wit
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Venetian Vespers
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • IRISH BESTSELLER • A masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winner “A stylish escapade that even Henry James might relish." —Wall Street JournalEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . .1899. As the new century approaches, struggling English writer Evelyn Dolman—a hack, by his own description—marries Laura Rensselaer, daughter of an American oil tycoon. Evelyn anticipates that he and Laura will inherit a substantial fortune and lead a comfortable, settled life. But his hopes are dashed when a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, just before the patriarch’s death, leads to her disinheritance.The unhappy newlyweds travel to Venice to celebrate the New Year at the Palazzo Dioscuri, ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo. From their first moments in the mist-blanketed floating city, otherworldly occurrences begin to accumulate. Evelyn’s already jangled nerves fray further. Where has Laura disappeared to? How to explain the increasingly sinister circumstances closing around him? Could he be losing his mind?Venetian Vespers is a haunting, atmospheric novel from one of the most sophisticated stylists of our time.
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Schatten der Gondeln
Die Rückkehr von John Banville als einem der raffiniertesten Stilisten unserer Zeit: ein eindringlicher, atmosphärischer Roman, der hinter jeder spinnwebigen Ecke eine Überraschung bereithält. 1899. Als das neue Jahrhundert anbricht, heiratet der englische Schriftsteller Evelyn Dolman - ein Schreiberling, wie er selbst sagt - Laura Rensselaer, die Tochter eines amerikanischen Ölmagnaten. Evelyn hofft, dass er und Laura ein beträchtliches Vermögen erben werden und so ein bequemes, geregeltes Leben führen können. Doch seine Hoffnungen werden enttäuscht, als ein mysteriöses Zerwürfnis zwischen Laura und ihrem Vater, kurz vor dem Tod des Patriarchen, zu ihrer Enterbung führt. Das unglückliche Ehepaar reist nach Venedig, um das neue Jahr im Palazzo Dioscuri zu feiern, dem Stammsitz des charmanten, aber zwielichtigen Grafen Barbarigo. Von der ersten Minute an häufen sich im Palazzo unerklärbare und unheimliche Ereignisse. Evelyns ohnehin schon strapazierte Nerven liegen blank: Könnte es am Nebel liegen, der die schwimmende Stadt umhüllt, oder verliert er den Verstand?
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Venetian Vespers
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORKER RECOMMENDED BOOK • IRISH BESTSELLER “A stylish escapade that even Henry James might relish." —Wall Street JournalA masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winnerEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . .1899. As the new century approaches, struggling English writer Evelyn Dolman—a hack, by his own description—marries Laura Rensselaer, daughter of an American oil tycoon. Evelyn anticipates that he and Laura will inherit a substantial fortune and lead a comfortable, settled life. But his hopes are dashed when a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, just before the patriarch’s death, leads to her disinheritance.The unhappy newlyweds travel to Venice to celebrate the New Year at the Palazzo Dioscuri, ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo. From their first moments in the mist-blanketed floating city, otherworldly occurrences begin to accumulate. Evelyn’s already jangled nerves fray further. Where has Laura disappeared to? How to explain the increasingly sinister circumstances closing around him? Could he be losing his mind?Venetian Vespers is a haunting, atmospheric novel from one of the most sophisticated stylists of our time.
€ 28,50