Mapping The Edge by Sarah Dunant
From the bestselling author of The Birth of Venus comes this truly brilliant and compelling contemporary psychological thriller about a woman who, inexplicably, takes a journey and doesn't return.
Part of what makes MAPPING THE EDGE so compulsive to read is that it functions with real confidence and assurance on several levelsTwo thrillers are interwoven with the gradually accumulating tension of those left behind, arousing complementary anxieties and exploring the darkness at the heart of Dunant's characters * INDEPENDENT *
Dunant's fiction is trade-marked with heroines who take chances and ignore risks. Not a whiff of political correctness; the rules they make or break are all their own. The subtext of the novel - how loyalties are strained, how relationships change - is e * LITERARY REVIEW *
This is a tantalising novel, the fictional equivalent to one of those Ayckbourn or Pirandello plays in which different "realities" run parallel to each other...it is always interesting and sometimes remarkable in its stealthy creation of an atmosphere of unease, terror and mystery * SPECTATOR *
It is easy to see why Dunant chose the strategy of duelling stories - the missing, by their nature, invite multiple explanations. And she pulls off this difficult narrative trick with considerable technical skill, aided by a clean prose style and a deft * SUNDAY TIMES *
Dunant's fiction is trade-marked with heroines who take chances and ignore risks. Not a whiff of political correctness; the rules they make or break are all their own. The subtext of the novel - how loyalties are strained, how relationships change - is e * LITERARY REVIEW *
This is a tantalising novel, the fictional equivalent to one of those Ayckbourn or Pirandello plays in which different "realities" run parallel to each other...it is always interesting and sometimes remarkable in its stealthy creation of an atmosphere of unease, terror and mystery * SPECTATOR *
It is easy to see why Dunant chose the strategy of duelling stories - the missing, by their nature, invite multiple explanations. And she pulls off this difficult narrative trick with considerable technical skill, aided by a clean prose style and a deft * SUNDAY TIMES *
Sarah Dunant is the author of the critically acclaimed THE BIRTH OF VENUS. Before turning to historical novels, she wrote seven crime novels for which she won two Silver Daggers. She was editor of War of the Words (Vir. 1994) and co-editor of The Age of Anxiety (Vir. 1996)
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844081769 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844081761 |
| Title | Mapping The Edge |
| Author | Sarah Dunant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2005-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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