The Enchantment of Lily Dahl

Beschreibung

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION<BR><BR>FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED <BR><BR>'A taut and convincing drama, as well as an intriguing metaphysical thriller' Sunday Times<BR><BR>'Full of humour, surprise and powerful images' Observer<BR><BR>Lily Dahl is a heroine of the old school: tough, beautiful and brave. A nineteen-year-old waitress and aspiring actress living in Webster, Minnesota, she becomes enchanted by an exotic outsider - an artist from New York.

Drawn into a world of erotic adventure, she finds herself the target of mysterious acts of madness as she strains against the confines of small town life.<BR><BR>'Queasily erotic, gothic and menacing' Evening Standard<BR><BR><BR>PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:<BR><BR>'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie<BR><BR>'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks<BR><BR>'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times<BR><BR>'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post

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