The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020
- Format: Paperback
- Språk: Engelsk
- Sjangere: Biografi, Historie, Kropp, Sjel og Sinn, Sosialvitenskap
- Slippdato: 16. sep. 2021
- Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY
'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS
London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home.
Nandor Fodor – a Jewish-Hungarian refugee and chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical research – begins to investigate. In doing so he discovers a different and darker type of haunting: trauma, alienation, loss – and the foreshadowing of a nation's worst fears. As the spectre of Fascism lengthens over Europe, and as Fodor's obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed.
With rigour, daring and insight, the award-winning pioneer of historical narrative non-fiction Kate Summerscale shadows Fodor's enquiry, delving into long-hidden archives to find the human story behind a very modern haunting.
'An empathetic, meticulous account of a spiritual unravelling; a tribute to the astonishing power of the human mind - but also a properly absorbing, baffling, satisfying detective story' AIDA EDEMARIAM
SKU | 9781408895474 |
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Vekt (Kg) : | 0.300000 |
Antall Sider | 368 |
Språk | Engelsk |
Sjanger | Biografi, Historie, Kropp, Sjel og Sinn, Sosialvitenskap |
Format | Paperback |
Utgiver | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Opprinnelsesland : | Storbritannia |
Forfattere | Kate Summerscale |
Avansert Format | Paperback: B-Format (M) |
Aldersgruppe | Voksen |