The changeling : a novel / by Victor LaValle.
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TextPublisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 431 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780812995947
- 0812995945
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Main Library | Fiction | LaValle, Victor | Available | 33111008784619 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"[This] haunting tale weaves a mesmerizing web around fatherhood, racism, horrific anxieties and even To Kill a Mockingbird . And the backdrop for this rich phantasmagoria? The boroughs of New York."-- The New York Times
Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel * Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, an International Dublin Literary Award, a Mythopoeic Award for Literature
When Apollo Kagwa's father disappeared, he left his son a box of books and strange recurring dreams. Now Apollo is a father himself--and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Apollo's old dreams return and Emma begins acting odd. At first Emma seems to be exhibiting signs of postpartum depression. But before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act and vanishes. Thus begins Apollo's quest to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His odyssey takes him to a forgotten island, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever.
NAMED ONE OF PASTE 'S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times * USA Today * The New York Public Library * NPR * BuzzFeed * Kirkus Reviews * Book Riot
"The thriller you won't be able to put down." --O: The Oprah Magazine
"By turns enchanting, infuriating, horrifying, and heartbreaking, The Changeling is never less than completely engaging." --NPR
"Strange and wonderful." -- The New York Times
"A dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness. The Changeling is a mesmerizing, monumental work." --Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
"[A] bewitching masterpiece . . . Like a woke Brothers Grimm, his clever new spin on the ages-old changeling myth is a modern fairy tale for the Trump era, taking on fatherhood, parenting, marriage, immigration, race and terrifying loss." -- USA Today
"Intense, riveting . . . The story is a long, slow burn with a lingering sizzle." -- Los Angeles Review of Books
"A modern-day tale of terror rooted in ancient myth and folklore, brimming with magical revelation and emotional truth." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly committed an unforgivable act of violence, from the award-winning author of The Devil in Silver and Big Machine"-- Provided by publisher.
"Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever. This dizzying tale is ultimately a story about family and the unfathomable secrets of the people we love"-- Provided by publisher.