by Diane Setterfield · ORION · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752881942
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«The Thirteenth Tale» is the gothic mystery novel by Diane Setterfield, published by Orion in paperback (464 pages, in English).
Vida Winter, a famous and solitary novelist who has always invented her biography, summons biographer Margaret Lea to tell her the truth about her past. The story, with a gothic atmosphere, revolves around the Angelfield family and two twins raised in isolation; Margaret investigates and discovers that her own story is linked to Vida's.
The novel was originally published in 2006; this Orion paperback edition is from 2007. ISBN-13: 9780752881942.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and for those who enjoy stories about women writers, family secrets, and the world of books.
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).
