4.1
Romans literatuur
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events – a story about the strength and courage of women.
‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.
Vardø is now a place of women . . . Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .
A story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller, author of Circe ‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel ‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times
© 2020 Picador (Luisterboek): 9781529005158
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 6 februari 2020
4.1
Romans literatuur
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events – a story about the strength and courage of women.
‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.
Vardø is now a place of women . . . Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .
A story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller, author of Circe ‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel ‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times
© 2020 Picador (Luisterboek): 9781529005158
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 6 februari 2020
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Pauline
5 mei 2021
Prachtige sfeerbeelden, en tegelijkertijd een naargeestig tijdsbeeld van een hoek van de Europese geschiedenis waar zelden aandacht voor is geweest.
Amorena
15 feb 2023
There is something truly eye opening and beautiful about this layered book. I loved the emotions that this provokes for the characters it was immaculately done, very beautifully described and comments on many larger societal structures
Afonso
14 mrt 2023
Absolutely beautiful
Saskia
5 okt 2023
Echt een heel sterk en goed geschreven boek. Ik heb zelf kort geleden Vardø en het monument bezocht en kwam daarom bij dit boek terecht. Heel gek om te beseffen dat dit allemaal gebeurd is in dat kleine stadje. Ook zag ik dat een aantal namen uit het boek overeen komen met de lijst van slachtoffers bij het monument. Het enige minpuntje wat ik kan noemen van dit boek is dat het soms wat moeilijk te begrijpen was met de Noorse termen en namen.
Maaike
29 apr 2023
I simultaneously hated it and loved it because the described social dynamics are once again on the rise and the description is so accurate that it hurts.
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