by Sarah Waters · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433970596
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In Victorian England, Margaret Prior, a young woman from high society, finds herself disoriented after the death of her father and attempts suicide. To recover, she decides to visit the Millbank women's prison, where she meets Selina Dawes, a spiritualist medium accused of fraud. Margaret is drawn to Selina and her mysterious world, and soon both women find themselves involved in an intense and disturbing relationship, where reality and illusion intertwine in a labyrinth of secrets and hidden desires. A story of love and obsession in an oppressive and fascinating environment.
Sarah Ann Waters is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet (1998) and Fingersmith (2002). Both novels were adapted into TV mini-series by BBC in 2002 and 2005 respectively. The latter novel was also adapted into the South Korean film The Handmaiden (2016).
