![]() ![]() A young art historian visits the daughter of Edmund Stearne, a scholar and painter, who has left a strange body of work behind him. ‘’Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.’’ Voltaire But be aware: it is not for the faint of heart but for the readers who embrace darkness… ![]() Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver might be the best book of 2019. It is haunting and ruthless and its cover speaks more eloquently than any blurb. Εach and every thought that visits you becomes real once you start reading this novel. Concentrate on the images that will – no doubt- start flooding your mind. Let your eyes feast on the haunting magpie and the blood-red stains. Behind me something rustles and I saw the reeds part for some unseen creature. ‘’The reeds stood tall and dead: I had the oddest feeling they wanted me gone. ![]()
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