It all begins when archie tells violet of a rare book of fairy tales that she is not ever allowed to see or read. The book collector is an antiquarian bookstore in the cultural heart of the seaside village of hermanus from where it sells and ships literary treasures to book lovers and collectors across the world. Alice elizabeth thompson collection consists of only twelve 12 items. Alice thompson, onetime keyboard player for eighties band the woodentops, is now an established novelist, who has won praise from ian rankin and stephen king. Thompsons writing was deft and evocative, and the story twisted enough to be my cup of tea, but there seemed to be an element missing. The store prides itself on its collection of africana and militaria. Thompson makes use of the tropes of the victorian novel in all its gothic glory but what makes the book collector special is the accurate depiction of the brutality and rawness of a society that bows to decorum, utterly devoid of understanding, always willing to abandon the ones in need. Pharos takes a similar path to the book collector, with its young female protagonist, lucia, and the singleset location this time, a lighthouse. Riksin sarja show all 74 items i classici del giallo mondadori. The book follows a woman named violet, an obsessed book reader and how she falls in love and marries archie, an obsessed book collector. They should either be locked away and silenced or crushed. Books by alice thompson author of the book collector. John thompsons modern course for the piano first grade book.
The book collector by alice thompson a bibliophiles library is the ideal setting to begin the descent into darkness of a fairytale marriage. Alice thompson s new novel is a gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. In the 1980s she played keyboard with rock band the woodentops. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires. The book collector, by alice thompson yorkshire post.
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Buy the book collector by alice thompson 20151105 by alice thompson isbn. Her novel justine was the joint winner of the 1996. Her novel justine was the joint winner of the 1996 james tait black memorial prize. The book collector kindle edition by alice thompson author visit amazons alice thompson page. The book collector by alice thompson welcome to our regular feature showcasing the talents of the nations best writers. This is the third alice thompson book ive read, the others being salts excellent burnt island and the book collector. Edwardian england a seemingly perfect marriage descends into madness when the wife becomes fixated on a particular book. The horror master would no doubt approve of this slim edwardianera gothic, too, recalling as it does both rebecca and the silence of the lambs. Thompson was educated at st georges school, edinburgh, then read english at oxford university and wrote her ph. Alice thompson, onetime keyboard player for eighties band the woodentops, is now an established novelist, who has won praise from ian rankin and stephen. Whats it all about alice thompsons new novel is a gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. There was an extreme emotional disconnect, though i got the distinct feeling that the opposite was intended, and the story as a whole left me cold.
Alice thompson was born and brought up in edinburgh. Alice thompson, onetime keyboard player for eighties band the. Alice thompson grew up in edinburgh and read english at oxford university. Like the book collector, the supporting cast here are mostly male and mostly. Alice thompson born in edinburgh is a scottish novelist. Her second novel, pandoras box, was shortlisted for the stakis prize for scottish writer of the year. Alice thompson the book collector world of digitals. The book collector a handsome quarterly, in print and. Read online the book collector china pdf by alice thompson loved this little book loved everything about it so exquisitely written, so wonderfully well put together, so perfect. Pdf the book collector ebooks includes pdf, epub and. She was formerly writer in residence for shetland and in 2000, won a creative scotland award. His passion for collecting, fuelled by his friendship with bruno pincherle of trieste arose during the months he was in a prison camp for jews and political dissidents in. In the 1980s she was the keyboard player with rock band the woodentops.