Pauline
5 maj 2021
Prachtige sfeerbeelden, en tegelijkertijd een naargeestig tijdsbeeld van een hoek van de Europese geschiedenis waar zelden aandacht voor is geweest.
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick ‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.
Vardø is now a place of women . . . Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events. It is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times ‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller ‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy Chevalier ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes
© 2020 Picador (Lydbok): 9781529005158
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 6. februar 2020
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick ‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.
Vardø is now a place of women . . . Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events. It is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times ‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller ‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy Chevalier ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes
© 2020 Picador (Lydbok): 9781529005158
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 6. februar 2020
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Pauline
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Prachtige sfeerbeelden, en tegelijkertijd een naargeestig tijdsbeeld van een hoek van de Europese geschiedenis waar zelden aandacht voor is geweest.
Ewa
11 dec. 2020
Jag tänker läsa den själv för det är påfrestande att lyssna på inläsarens ansträngda försök att uttala de norska namnen.
Grethe
11 apr. 2021
Super!
N
9 mars 2023
An extraordinary book about the hardship of life in Finmark and its consequences.
Amorena
15 feb. 2023
There is something truly eye opening and beautiful about this layered book. I loved the emotions that this provokes for the characters it was immaculately done, very beautifully described and comments on many larger societal structures
Afonso
14 mars 2023
Absolutely beautiful
Katarzyna
4 dec. 2022
A truly magnificent novel; utterly freightening and beautiful at the same time. It records witch trials in Norway in the 17th century but is a love story at the same time. Although fictional it is loosely based on actual events.
Tina
18 feb. 2023
I loved the setting and feel of this story couldn’t put it down. Definitely a must !!!
Susan
10 juni 2021
Bra och intressant samtidigt som bra historia
Fru
19 juni 2022
Fantastisk bog, hele vejen igennem. Gribende menneskelig
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Pauline
5 maj 2021
Prachtige sfeerbeelden, en tegelijkertijd een naargeestig tijdsbeeld van een hoek van de Europese geschiedenis waar zelden aandacht voor is geweest.
Ewa
11 dec. 2020
Jag tänker läsa den själv för det är påfrestande att lyssna på inläsarens ansträngda försök att uttala de norska namnen.
Grethe
11 apr. 2021
Super!
N
9 mars 2023
An extraordinary book about the hardship of life in Finmark and its consequences.
Amorena
15 feb. 2023
There is something truly eye opening and beautiful about this layered book. I loved the emotions that this provokes for the characters it was immaculately done, very beautifully described and comments on many larger societal structures
Afonso
14 mars 2023
Absolutely beautiful
Katarzyna
4 dec. 2022
A truly magnificent novel; utterly freightening and beautiful at the same time. It records witch trials in Norway in the 17th century but is a love story at the same time. Although fictional it is loosely based on actual events.
Tina
18 feb. 2023
I loved the setting and feel of this story couldn’t put it down. Definitely a must !!!
Susan
10 juni 2021
Bra och intressant samtidigt som bra historia
Fru
19 juni 2022
Fantastisk bog, hele vejen igennem. Gribende menneskelig
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