Iago's Penumbra by Rose Guildenstern
IPPY AWARDS GOLD WINNER, VISIONARY/NEW AGE FICTONCOVR AWARDS SILVER WINNER, VISIONARY FICTION
2024 AMERICAN BOOK FEST BEST BOOK AWARDS FINALIST, VISIONARY FICTION
A metaphysical visionary novel that takes readers on a spiritual journey seen through the lens of a paranormal romance between a ghost and a clairvoyant.
Everybody loves a good ghost story, yet poor dead Vee feels anything but "good" being stuck upstage in the heavens of her own afterlife. She can peek in on Val, who's "downstage" with the living but haunted by ghosts. Then there's Julie, stubbornly stage left but longing to be downstage with Val. And finally, poor Peter remains solitary in his stage-rightness with the sneaking suspicion he might be dead wrong.
Trapped at center stage lurks the demon Iago, willing to bridge heaven and hell to exit this cursed performance once and for all.
Just as Good Omens revamped the book of Revelation and His Dark Materials reimagined Milton's Paradise Lost, Iago's Penumbra is a modern love story about the darkness that redeems us, rooted in the works of William Shakespeare--with a little philosophy, physics, and cosmic horror thrown in, just for fun.
PRAISE FOR IAGO'S PENUMBRA...
"I don't think it would be possible to expect anything quite so entirely creative, clever and consuming, full of surprises, romance, drama and, of course, magic... No doubt Will[iam Shakespeare] himself would be proud."
--Emily Carding, author of So Potent Art: The Magic of Shakespeare
One of the most unusual books I have read in recent yearsTo begin with most of the characters are dead right from the start, thus allowing an exploration of life-after-death, the Otherworld, and all points between. Part love story, part metaphysical exploration of loss, desire and wisdom, part occult novel, the author has created an original and at times deeply unsettling account of what it means to be human, what it means to lose humanity, and what it means to discover something beyond the physical, time-bound world in which we live. Rose Guilderstern is an exciting new voice which we will most certainly be hearing from again.
Iago's Penumbra is a rare piece of dark magic leaving you spellbound until the last luscious page.
I do not think it would be possible to expect anything quite so entirely creative, clever and consuming, full of surprises, romance, drama and, of course, magic...No doubt Will himself would be proud.
Iago's Penumbra takes you on an unforgettable journey through the shadows while weaving an exquisite tale of love, life, and the afterlife. Guildenstern's writing has the rhythm and depth of a musical ocean with tides of longing, joy, sorrow, and the inevitable. A deeply satisfying and thought-provoking tale that everyone needs to read.
Rose Guildenstern writes fiction teetering on the edge between eerie and enlightening in the penumbral woods of Pennsylvania, where anything can happen (and probably does). Sometimes she publishes truth through Tarot as Juno Lucina. Find out more about Rose (& Juno), with all her disturbing creations, at roseguildenstern.com.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780764366321 |
| ISBN 10 | 0764366327 |
| Titel | Iago's Penumbra |
| Autor | Rose Guildenstern |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2023-05-28 |
| Seitenanzahl | 240 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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