by Diane Setterfield · Orion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752881676
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«The Thirteenth Tale» is the mystery novel by Diane Setterfield, published by Orion in paperback (480 pages, in English).
A dying writer, Vida Winter, commissions Margaret Lea, a bookseller's assistant, to write her biography. The investigation leads Margaret to Angelfield, the abandoned March family house, and awakens echoes of her own past. The narrative interweaves two stories about twins, books and memory.
Orion edition published in 2007. The novel was adapted for the BBC by Christopher Hampton, with Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Colman; it won the ALA Alex Award and the Quill Award for debut author.
For readers of mystery novels and gothic fiction, and for those who enjoy stories about books, twins and family secrets.
Diane Setterfield is an English author whose 2006 debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, became a New York Times No. 1 best-seller. Setterfield won the 2007 Quill Award, debut author of the year, for the novel. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Brontë sisters' Jane Eyre (1847) and Wuthering Heights (1847).
