Bluebeards Castle: A Novel (Verso Fiction) - By Biller, Anna *SIGNED*
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- Anna Biller
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- Yes
- MPN
- Does not apply
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9781804291856
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1804291854
ISBN-13
9781804291856
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21058637111
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bluebeard's Castle : a Novel
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Gothic
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Verso Fiction Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-009920
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover!" --Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023, The Millions "A provocative work that adds layers of meaning as one becomes addicted to this page-turner of a book, Bluebeard's Castle is a bit of Alfred Hitchcock mixed with André Breton's Nadja ." --Tosh Berman, author of Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World "Written by the filmmaker of 2016's The Love Witch , this debut novel has a similar romantic haze and a retro hyper-aesthetic swirl...stylish, scary, and peak modern Gothic." --Maggie Lange, Most Anticipated Books, Bustle "Anna Biller's sly feminist dissection of gothic tropes is as lush and layered as her cinema...Biller skillfully portrays the gaslighting and abuse that reduce her heroine to making excuses for her boorish husband." --Molly Odintz, Most Anticipated Books, CrimeReads "Though the story is set in the present day, Biller paints a beautifully creepy atmosphere full of billowy dresses, darkened woods, burning candles, and castle corridors full of ghosts and secrets. The novel's timeless quality helps drive home the unending nature of male violence against women." -- Kirkus Reviews "Apparently, there's nothing Biller can't do, because she's bringing her gothic-meets-midcentury-camp aesthetic to the page with Bluebeard's Castle , a retelling of the famous fairy tale that also seems to be in conversation with Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca ." -- BookPage ("Most anticipated mystery and suspense") " Bluebeard's Castle is a truly great novel...it's a delightful page-turner; multilayered and multi-dimensional. While a book of this nature is a risk in any era, it's safe to say that Anna Biller can now add novelist to her sensational register of artistic achievements." -- We Are Cult "Equally steeped in the traditions of the Gothic genre and the women's picture, Bluebeard's Castle follows a romance novelist, Judith, as she's dragged into a whirlwind marriage with the dangerously charming Gavin. Its horror stems not just from the crumbling and potentially haunted castle, but from the terror of being trapped with a man who is a relative stranger to her." --Alexandra Coburn, Screen Slate "This gothic thriller cheekily transports readers to a bygone era by drawing heavily upon classic horror movies and literature, utilizing highly stylized language, tropes, and dated gender roles while generating conversation regarding contemporary issues of consent, agency, domestic abuse, and gaslighting. The author contextualizes the self-sabotage that perpetuates toxic relationships, and fans of the author's film The Love Witch (2016) will enjoy this gothic novel." --Booklist "Biller flexes her mastery of pastiche, vividly sumptuous detail, and the subversion of classic female archetypes. In this, her first novel, a tale that begins in the style of gothic romance turns legitimately terrifying, rooted in the all too real fear of sociopathic male violence." -- Rufus Hickok , BUST, "A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover!" --Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023, The Millions "A provocative work that adds layers of meaning as one becomes addicted to this page-turner of a book, Bluebeard's Castle is a bit of Alfred Hitchcock mixed with André Breton's Nadja ." --Tosh Berman, author of Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World "Written by the filmmaker of 2016's The Love Witch , this debut novel has a similar romantic haze and a retro hyper-aesthetic swirl...stylish, scary, and peak modern Gothic." --Maggie Lange, Most Anticipated Books, Bustle "Anna Biller's sly feminist dissection of gothic tropes is as lush and layered as her cinema...Biller skillfully portrays the gaslighting and abuse that reduce her heroine to making excuses for her boorish husband." --Molly Odintz, Most Anticipated Books, CrimeReads "Though the story is set in the present day, Biller paints a beautifully creepy atmosphere full of billowy dresses, darkened woods, burning candles, and castle corridors full of ghosts and secrets. The novel's timeless quality helps drive home the unending nature of male violence against women." -- Kirkus Reviews "Apparently, there's nothing Biller can't do, because she's bringing her gothic-meets-midcentury-camp aesthetic to the page with Bluebeard's Castle , a retelling of the famous fairy tale that also seems to be in conversation with Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca ." -- BookPage ("Most anticipated mystery and suspense"), "A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover!" --Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023, The Millions, "A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover!" --Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023, The Millions "A provocative work that adds layers of meaning as one becomes addicted to this page-turner of a book, Bluebeard's Castle is a bit of Alfred Hitchcock mixed with André Breton's Nadja ." --Tosh Berman, author of Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World "Written by the filmmaker of 2016's The Love Witch , this debut novel has a similar romantic haze and a retro hyper-aesthetic swirl...stylish, scary, and peak modern Gothic." --Maggie Lange, Most Anticipated Books, Bustle "Anna Biller's sly feminist dissection of gothic tropes is as lush and layered as her cinema...Biller skillfully portrays the gaslighting and abuse that reduce her heroine to making excuses for her boorish husband." --Molly Odintz, Most Anticipated Books, CrimeReads, "A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover!" --Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023, The Millions "A provocative work that adds layers of meaning as one becomes addicted to this page-turner of a book, Bluebeard's Castle is a bit of Alfred Hitchcock mixed with André Breton's Nadja ." --Tosh Berman, author of Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World "Written by the filmmaker of 2016's The Love Witch , this debut novel has a similar romantic haze and a retro hyper-aesthetic swirl...stylish, scary, and peak modern Gothic." --Maggie Lange, Most Anticipated Books, Bustle "Anna Biller's sly feminist dissection of gothic tropes is as lush and layered as her cinema...Biller skillfully portrays the gaslighting and abuse that reduce her heroine to making excuses for her boorish husband." --Molly Odintz, Most Anticipated Books, CrimeReads "Though the story is set in the present day, Biller paints a beautifully creepy atmosphere full of billowy dresses, darkened woods, burning candles, and castle corridors full of ghosts and secrets. The novel's timeless quality helps drive home the unending nature of male violence against women." -- Kirkus Reviews "Apparently, there's nothing Biller can't do, because she's bringing her gothic-meets-midcentury-camp aesthetic to the page with Bluebeard's Castle , a retelling of the famous fairy tale that also seems to be in conversation with Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca ." -- BookPage ("Most anticipated mystery and suspense") " Bluebeard's Castle is a truly great novel...it's a delightful page-turner; multilayered and multi-dimensional. While a book of this nature is a risk in any era, it's safe to say that Anna Biller can now add novelist to her sensational register of artistic achievements." -- We Are Cult "Equally steeped in the traditions of the Gothic genre and the women's picture, Bluebeard's Castle follows a romance novelist, Judith, as she's dragged into a whirlwind marriage with the dangerously charming Gavin. Its horror stems not just from the crumbling and potentially haunted castle, but from the terror of being trapped with a man who is a relative stranger to her." --Alexandra Coburn, Screen Slate, "A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover!" --Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023, The Millions "A provocative work that adds layers of meaning as one becomes addicted to this page-turner of a book, Bluebeard's Castle is a bit of Alfred Hitchcock mixed with André Breton's Nadja ." --Tosh Berman, author of Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World "Written by the filmmaker of 2016's The Love Witch , this debut novel has a similar romantic haze and a retro hyper-aesthetic swirl...stylish, scary, and peak modern Gothic." --Maggie Lange, Most Anticipated Books, Bustle "Anna Biller's sly feminist dissection of gothic tropes is as lush and layered as her cinema...Biller skillfully portrays the gaslighting and abuse that reduce her heroine to making excuses for her boorish husband." --Molly Odintz, Most Anticipated Books, CrimeReads "Though the story is set in the present day, Biller paints a beautifully creepy atmosphere full of billowy dresses, darkened woods, burning candles, and castle corridors full of ghosts and secrets. The novel's timeless quality helps drive home the unending nature of male violence against women." -- Kirkus Reviews "Apparently, there's nothing Biller can't do, because she's bringing her gothic-meets-midcentury-camp aesthetic to the page with Bluebeard's Castle , a retelling of the famous fairy tale that also seems to be in conversation with Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca ." -- BookPage ("Most anticipated mystery and suspense") " Bluebeard's Castle is a truly great novel...it's a delightful page-turner; multilayered and multi-dimensional. While a book of this nature is a risk in any era, it's safe to say that Anna Biller can now add novelist to her sensational register of artistic achievements." -- We Are Cult "Equally steeped in the traditions of the Gothic genre and the women's picture, Bluebeard's Castle follows a romance novelist, Judith, as she's dragged into a whirlwind marriage with the dangerously charming Gavin. Its horror stems not just from the crumbling and potentially haunted castle, but from the terror of being trapped with a man who is a relative stranger to her." --Alexandra Coburn, Screen Slate "This gothic thriller cheekily transports readers to a bygone era by drawing heavily upon classic horror movies and literature, utilizing highly stylized language, tropes, and dated gender roles while generating conversation regarding contemporary issues of consent, agency, domestic abuse, and gaslighting. The author contextualizes the self-sabotage that perpetuates toxic relationships, and fans of the author's film The Love Witch (2016) will enjoy this gothic novel." -- Booklist "Biller flexes her mastery of pastiche, vividly sumptuous detail, and the subversion of classic female archetypes. In this, her first novel, a tale that begins in the style of gothic romance turns legitimately terrifying, rooted in the all too real fear of sociopathic male violence." --Rufus Hickok, BUST
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale -- from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch , and for fans of Jane Eyre When the successful British mystery writer Judith Moore meets Gavin, a handsome and charming baron, at a birthday party on the Cornish coast, his love transforms her from a bitter, lonely young woman into a romance heroine overnight. After a whirlwind honeymoon in Paris, he whisks her away to a secluded Gothic castle. But soon she finds herself trapped in a nightmare, as her husband's mysterious nature and his alternation between charm and violence become increasingly frightening. As Judith battles both internal and external demons, including sexual ambivalence, psychological self-torture, gaslighting, family neglect, alcoholism, and domestic abuse, she becomes increasingly addicted to her wild beast of a husband. Why do women stay in abusive relationships? The answer can be found in the tortured mind of the protagonist, whose richly layered fantasy life parallels that of the female Gothic romance reader. Filled with dark humor and evocative imagery, Bluebeard's Castle is a subversive take on modern romance and Gothic erotica., Charles Perrault's Bluebeard gets a feminist gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale--from the filmmaker behind the cult film, The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane Eyre Judith is a successful novelist, but she's a little sensitive. She's from a good family, even if that family favors her more beautiful sister. She loves a drink (or 3) but isn't sure if she loves the handsome doctor who is courting her. She yearns for a romance to yield to but remains a virgin. Judith receives visions from the saints. Then Judith meets Gavin, a handsome and charming baron, at a wedding on the Cornish coast. His love transforms her from a plain, lonely girl into a beautiful, glamorous woman overnight. After a whirlwind honeymoon in Paris, he whisks her away to a Gothic castle in the countryside. But soon her perfect marriage begins to fall apart and she finds herself trapped in a nightmare, as her husband's mysterious nature, and his alternation of charm and violence, become more and more confusing and frightening. And then there are those whispers amongst the staff, unsettling rumors from London, and strange rattlings from the crypt.. From the visionary filmmaker of The Love Witch , this is a modern gothic feminist take on the classic folktale Bluebeard.
LC Classification Number
PS3602.I4366B58 2023
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