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Hilary Mantel is the author of A Memoir of My Former Self (2023), Oglinda și lumina (2021), O regina pe esafod (2021), O espelho e a luz (2021), O Livro Negro (2020).

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A Memoir of My Former Self

release date: Oct 24, 2023
A Memoir of My Former Self
THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. “Ink is a generative fluid,” she explains. “If you don’t mean your words to breed consequences, don’t write at all.” A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Her subjects are wide-ranging, sharply observed, and beautifully rendered. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life popping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels—revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England; and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V.S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health that she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is her legendary essay “Royal Bodies,” on our endless fascination with the current royal family. From her unusual childhood to her all-consuming interest in Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel’s life in her own luminous words, through “messages from people I used to be.” Filled with her singular wit and wisdom, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writers.

Oglinda și lumina

release date: Dec 20, 2021
Oglinda și lumina
Anglia, mai 1536. Anne Boleyn a murit decapitată de un călău adus anume din Franța. În timp ce rămășițele ei sunt deja sortite uitării, Thomas Cromwell sărbătorește cu învingătorii. Fiul fierarului din Putney iese întărit din baia de sânge din acea primăvară, continuându-şi ascensiunea spre putere și înavuțire, pe când formidabilul lui stăpân, Henric al VIII-lea, se bucură de o fericire conjugală efemeră cu a treia sa regină, Jane Seymour. Cromwell nu se poate bizui decât pe inteligența lui; nu are sprijinul vreunei mari familii și nici o armată privată. Deși Anglia este pradă unei răscoale violente, trădătorii complotează în străinătate și amenințarea unei invazii pare iminentă, toate acestea punând la grea încercare domnia lui Henric, imaginația fecundă a lui Cromwell vede o nouă țară în oglinda viitorului. E însă posibil ca o națiune – sau o persoană – să se descotorosească de trecut ca de o piele? Oare morții ies tot timpul din morminte? „Ce vei face când regele se va întoarce împotriva ta?“, îl întreabă ambasadorul spaniol pe Cromwell. Cu Oglinda și lumina, Hilary Mantel încununează splendid trilogia pe care a început-o cu Wolf Hall și O regină pe eșafod, descriind ultimii ani din viața lui Thomas Cromwell, băiatul de nicăieri care urcă până pe culmile puterii, creând un portret definitoriu al prădătorului și al prăzii, al unei înfruntări feroce între prezent și trecut, între viziunea regală și cea a unui om de rând; portretul unei națiuni moderne care se făurește prin conflict, pasiune și curaj. „Cu un deceniu în urmă, Wolf Hall a oferit o caracterizare de personaj senzațională care a aruncat o nouă lumină asupra unei perioade istorice intens studiate. Oglinda și lumina marchează un final triumfător al acestei povești captivante.“ NPR „Îți taie pur și simplu răsuflarea... Intriga este construită la fel de meticulos ca într-un thriller de cea mai bună calitate... Cu această trilogie, Mantel a redefinit anvergura romanului istoric... Luate împreună, cărțile ei despre Cromwell constituie, în opinia mea, cel mai bun ciclu romanesc apărut în Anglia în acest secol.“ The Guardian

O regina pe esafod

release date: Apr 15, 2021
O regina pe esafod
Anglia, 1520. Henric al VIII-lea dorește să anuleze căsătoria cu Caterina de Aragon și să o ia de soție pe Anne Boleyn. Poporul și Europa catolică se opun. Un singur om îndrăznește să-și pună în joc viața pentru a câștiga bunăvoința regelui: Thomas Cromwell, un personaj original, deopotrivă fermecător și ticălos, idealist și oportunist, fin cunoscător al caracterului uman și cu o energie fără seamăn. Politician desăvârșit, de neclintit în ambiția sa, Cromwell își croiește cu abilitate drum într-o lume ostilă. Opunându-se parlamentului, politicii de stat și papalității, Cromwell este pregătit să redefinească Anglia conform voinței lui Henric și propriilor sale dorințe. Dar Henric este schimbător: binevoitor într-o zi, gata să ucidă în alta. Cu un stil inimitabil, Hilary Mantel înfățișează tabloul unei societăți în prag de schimbare, în care indivizii luptă cu propriul destin sau îl acceptă cu pasiune și curaj. Romanul recreează o perioadă în care succesul oferă puteri nelimitate, dar o singură greșeală aduce moartea. O narațiune terifiantă, scrisă fermecător... Wolf Hall este o adevărată sărbătoare. Daily Telegraph Amețitor, formidabil de bun... Romanul lui Mantel este o minune de rafinament. Daily Mail O scriitură densă și concisă, un vocabular fastuos. Unele pasaje sunt adevărate tururi de forță, cizelate cu tenacitatea și iscusința unui virtuoz. Le Monde

O espelho e a luz

release date: Mar 09, 2021
O espelho e a luz
Desde que o encontramos pela primeira vez, Thomas Cromwell vem tentando precisamente lutar contra os mortos e impedir que continuem determinando o presente e o futuro dos vivos. Em Wolf Hall e Tragam os corpos, assistimos à ascensão desse plebeu que se tornou o principal ministro de Henrique 8o, ajudando-o a se divorciar de Catarina de Aragão e guiando a Inglaterra em seu rompimento com a Igreja de Roma. Transcorrido entre 1536 e 1540, O espelho e a luz começa no ponto exato em que o segundo volume acabou: no cadafalso ensanguentado onde jaz o corpo de Ana Bolena. Após auxiliar o rei a se livrar de mais uma esposa indesejada, Cromwell alcança o auge de sua glória. Mas há velhas sombras e novos obstáculos em seu caminho. No Norte da Inglaterra, rebeldes marcham em defesa do catolicismo; no exterior, os inimigos do rei conspiram para destroná-lo. Além de frustrar esses planos, o múltiplo ministro de Henrique 8o precisa lidar com o caótico temperamento do monarca, que fica mais feroz conforme ele envelhece. O maior adversário de Cromwell, contudo, será sua própria consciência. À medida que sua aventura se aproxima do fim, ele terá de arcar com o peso das vidas que destruiu (e dos princípios que escamoteou) em sua missão de reformar a Inglaterra.

O Livro Negro

release date: Nov 11, 2020
O Livro Negro
O Livro Negro foi distinguido com o prestigiado Man Booker Prize em 2012, tornando Hilary Mantel o primeiro autor britânico e a primeira mulher a receber por duas vezes este importante prémio literário. Em 1535, Thomas Cromwell é o primeiro-ministro de Henry VIII. A situação favorável em que se encontra coincide com a ascensão de Ann Boleyn, a nova mulher do rei. Mas como Anne não consegue dar um herdeiro ao rei, Cromwell acaba por assistir, vigilante, ao enamoramento de Henry por Jane Seymour. Thomas Cromwell tem de encontrar uma solução que satisfaça o rei, mas que também proteja a nação e ao mesmo tempo assegure a sua carreira. Mas nem ele nem o rei sairão incólumes da encenação sangrenta que marca os últimos dias de Anne Boleyn. Um estrondoso feito literário, O Livro Negro narra a história de um dos mais terríveis acontecimentos da História, contada por uma das grandes romancistas do nosso tempo.

Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books

release date: Oct 01, 2020
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light

El trueno en el reino

release date: Sep 01, 2020
El trueno en el reino
La sorprendente conclusión de la trilogía de Thomas Cromwell,la mejor serie de novela histórica del siglo XXI.El esperado regreso tras ocho años de Hilary Mantel, dos veces ganadora del Premio Man Booker. Inglaterra. Mayo de 1536. Ana Bolena ha muerto, decapitada en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, a manos de un verdugo francés. Mientras sus restos descansan bajo tierra, Thomas Cromwell desayuna con los vencedores y continúa su ascenso al poder y a la riqueza. Su maestro, Enrique VIII, se conforma con una felicidad a corto plazo en los brazos de su tercera reina, Jane Seymour. Cromwell sabe que sólo puede confiar en sí mismo. No tiene una gran familia que lo respalde, ni un ejército privado. Y a pesar de la rebelión interna, de los traidores que se multiplican en el extranjero y de la amenaza de invasión que pone a prueba el reinado de Enrique VIII, Cromwell busca convertir Inglaterra en un nuevo país que se mire en el espejo del futuro. Pero ¿puede realmente una nación, o una persona, desprenderse de su pasado como si fuera piel muerta? «¿Qué haréis –le pregunta el embajador español a Cromwell– cuando el rey se vuelva contra vos como hace tarde o temprano contra todos los que están próximos a él?»

Spiegel und Licht

release date: Mar 19, 2020
Spiegel und Licht
Regungslos verfolgt Cromwell die Hinrichtung der Königin, um dann mit den Siegern zu frühstücken. Der Sohn des Schmieds aus Putney taucht aus dem Blutbad des vergangenen Frühlings auf, um seinen Aufstieg zu Macht und Reichtum fortzusetzen. Zur selben Zeit gibt sich Henry VIII., der mehr und mehr zum unberechenbaren Gebieter wird, dem kurzlebigen Glück mit seiner dritten Königin hin, die schon bald bei der Geburt des lang ersehnten männlichen Thronfolgers sterben wird. Cromwell kann sich nur auf seinen Verstand verlassen, denn er hat weder eine starke adlige Familie noch eine private Armee hinter sich. Der Kampf mit dem Papst und der katholischen Welt Europas droht England zu zerreißen. Da sind die religiösen Rebellen im eigenen Land und die Verräter aus den eigenen Reihen, die sich im Ausland mit den Feinden verbünden. Und da ist der König, den nichts so sehr interessiert wie die Sicherung der Thronfolge. Trotz alldem sieht der weitsichtige Cromwell ein neues England im Spiegel der Zukunft – und ist für diese Vision zu jedem Opfer bereit. Doch kann eine Nation oder eine Einzelperson ihre Vergangenheit abwerfen wie eine Schlange ihre Haut? Was wird er tun, wenn die Toten sich nicht abschütteln lassen, wenn der König ihm sein Vertrauen entzieht? In ›Spiegel und Licht‹ zeichnet Hilary Mantel die letzten Lebensjahre des Thomas Cromwell nach und entwirft ein eindrucksvolles Porträt von Jäger und Gejagtem, von dem erbitterten Wettstreit zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit, zwischen königlichem Willen und der Vision eines einfachen Mannes: der Vision einer modernen Nation, die sich durch Konflikt, Leidenschaft und Tapferkeit selbst erschafft. Der lang erwartete dritte Band der Tudor-Trilogie! Für ›Wölfe‹ (2009) und ›Falken‹ (2012) wurde Hilary Mantel jeweils mit dem renommierten Booker Prize ausgezeichnet.

The Mirror & the Light

release date: Mar 10, 2020
The Mirror & the Light
The brilliant #1 New York Times bestseller Named a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to the breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze? Eagerly awaited and eight years in the making, The Mirror & the Light completes Cromwell’s journey from self-made man to one of the most feared, influential figures of his time. Portrayed by Mantel with pathos and terrific energy, Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a husband and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.

Wolf Hall

release date: Jan 01, 2018
Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540), de zoon van een smid, weet zich op te werken tot staatsman en de belangrijkste adviseur van de Engelse koning Hendrik VIII.

Der Hilfsprediger

release date: Jul 18, 2017
Der Hilfsprediger
Irgendwo im nördlichen England der Fünfzigerjahre: Fetherhoughton ist ein gottverlassenes Nest, eine Enklave der Ignoranz und des Aberglaubens. Father Angwin ist hier der Gemeindepriester, ein Zyniker, der längst seinen Glauben verloren hat und nur noch in Ruhe gelassen werden will; vor allem von dem neuen Bischof, der die Region in moderne Zeiten führen will. Die zweite Heimsuchung des Priesters ist Mutter Perpetua, die ihr Kloster mit eiserner Hand führt und jede Abweichung vom Pfad des Glaubens hart bestraft. Sie hat es vor allem auf die freiheitsliebende junge Nonne Philomena abgesehen. Eines Abends taucht ein Fremder an der Tür des Pfarrhauses auf und bietet Father Angwin seine Dienste an. Ist er ein Spion des Bischofs, wie Angwin glaubt? Ist er ein Engel, der den Priester wieder glauben lässt und Philomena die Liebe lehrt? Oder gar der Teufel selbst? Trockener Humor, hervorragende Charakterzeichnung und ein bissiges Porträt der Kirche im England der Fünfzigerjahre. »Der Roman ist leicht, geistreich, scharfsinnig und lustig; dabei behandelt er ernsthaft die Frage, was gut und was böse ist.« EVENING STANDARD

The BBC National Short Story Award 2016

release date: Sep 16, 2016

De moord op Margaret Thatcher / druk 1

release date: May 16, 2015

Wolf Hall: As Seen on PBS Masterpiece

release date: Mar 17, 2015
Wolf Hall: As Seen on PBS Masterpiece
Winners of the Man Booker Prize and hugely successful stage plays in London''s West End and on Broadway, Hilary Mantel''s Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies bring history to life for a whole new audience having now been adapted into a six-part television series by the BBC and PBS Masterpiece. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, master of deadly intrigue, and implacable in his ambition.

El asesinato de Margaret Thatcher

release date: Jan 20, 2015
El asesinato de Margaret Thatcher
Hilary Mantel, una de las autoras más aclamadas y prestigiosas de las letras inglesas, nos ofrece una brillante colección de relatos contemporáneos. El asesinato de Margaret Thatcher es el relato central e inédito en el nuevo libro de la autora británica que deslumbra por su calidad literaria y que comparten el gusto por lo insólito, el sentido, a veces sangrante y siempre muy sutil de la ironía británica y la capacidad de síntesis. En cada historia la autora nos ofrece una pieza magistral de su peculiar arte y de su manera de relatar, con una sonrisa cómplice, lo ridículo de cada momento. «La manera de narrar de Mantel urge al lector a suspender completamente su vida normal hasta haber finalizado el libro» The Sunday Times. «Una escritora genialmente vívida e ingeniosa» The Times.

Una Reina en el Estrado

release date: Oct 14, 2014
Una Reina en el Estrado
En 1535, Thomas Cromwell, el hijo del herrero, está ya muy lejos de sus humildes orígenes. Como primer ministro de Enrique VIII, su fortuna ha florecido, como también la de Ana Bolena, segunda esposa del rey por cuyo amor Enrique ha roto con Roma y ha creado su propia Iglesia. Pero las decisiones del rey están provocando un peligroso aislamiento político de Inglaterra, y además Ana no ha cumplido su promesa, procurar un heredero que asegure la línea Tudor. Durante la visita de Enrique a Wolf Hall, Cromwell observa los amores del rey con la sibilina y silenciosa Jane Seymour. El ministro comprende que lo que está en juego es mucho más que el placer del rey: está en juego la seguridad de la nación. Así que a medida que despeja el camino de Enrique entre la corte y su miasma de chismes, negocia una «verdad» que satisfaga al rey y asegure su propia carrera. Pero ni ministro ni rey saldrán indemnes del teatro sangriento de los últimos días de Ana. Uno de los episodios más desconcertantes y aterradores de la historia de Inglaterra: la destrucción de Ana Bolena. Una novela absolutamente vívida y audaz acerca de la Inglaterra de los Tudor que arroja luz sobre el mundo moderno.

Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies

release date: Oct 30, 2012
Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies
A two-ebook edition of Hilary Mantel’s bestselling novels: Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009, and Bring Up the Bodies, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the first two instalments in Hilary Mantel’s Tudor trilogy, have gathered readers and praise in equal and enormous measure. They have been credited with elevating historical fiction to new heights and animating a period of history many thought too well known to be made fresh. Through the eyes and ears of Thomas Cromwell, the books’ narrative prism, we are shown Tudor England, the court of King Henry VIII. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. In Wolf Hall we witness Cromwell’s rise, beginning as clerk to Cardinal Wolsey, Henry’s chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. He is soon to become his successor. By 1535, when the action of Bring Up the Bodies begins, Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife. Anne’s days, though, are marked. Cromwell watches as the king falls in love with silent, plain Jane Seymour, sensing what Henry’s affection will mean for his queen, for England, and for himself.

Falkejakt

release date: Oct 27, 2012
Falkejakt
Falkejakt er den frittstående og dramatiske fortsettelsen på Hilary Mantels kritikerroste internasjonale bestselger og Bookerprisvinner Ulvetid. Romanen utforsker en av mest skremmende og hemmelighetsfulle episodene i engelsk historie: Anne Boleyns plutselige undergang. Hilary Mantels nye roman er som et oljemaleri som plutselig begynner å snakke, et modig og urovekkende bilde av Tudortidens England – og en enestående tekst fra en stor forfatter på høyden av sin makt.

Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies: Two-Book Edition

release date: Oct 16, 2012
Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies: Two-Book Edition
Now a major TV seriesWinner of the Man Booker Prize 2009Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2012Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013Shortlisted for the the Orange Prize 2009Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2009

Ulvetid

release date: Jul 16, 2012
Ulvetid
Thomas Cromwell er bølle og sjarmør, humanist og slåsskjempe, melankoliker og politisk geni. Folk viker unna ham. Tragedien leder ham fram til Henrik 8s side. Sammen vil de bryte alle lover for å skape et nytt England. Aldri har tudortidens England stått tydeligere for oss: maktens skjønnhet og brutalitet, hofflivets redsler og gleder, hverdagens lukter og smaker. Hilary Mantel regnes som en av de viktigste nålevende engelskspråklige forfattere. Med Ulvetid har hun fått sitt store internasjonale gjennombrudd: Boken har fått en rekke store litterære priser, og lå i toppen av bestselgerlistene både i USA og Storbritannia.

Bring Up the Bodies

release date: May 08, 2012
Bring Up the Bodies
The sequel to Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel''s Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Bring Up the Bodies delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. The basis for the TV show on BBC and PBS Masterpiece starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell. Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel''s Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne''s head? Named a top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The Washington Post

En la corte del lobo

release date: Mar 22, 2011
En la corte del lobo
Una novela que despliega el gran espectáculo de la depredación humana. Un fascinante desfile de deseos, ambiciones y sentimientos. Ganadora del Premio Man Booker Prize 2009. Inglaterra, en 1520, está a un paso del desastre. El rey Enrique VIII no consigue engendrar un heredero varón y quiere divorciarse de su mujer, Catalina de Aragón, para casarse con Ana Bolena, pero el cardenal Wolsey, su principal asesor, no obtiene más que negativas del papa. En este clima de desconfianza y necesidad llega a la corte Thomas Cromwell, al principio como segundo de Wolsey y más tarde como su sucesor. Cromwell es un hombre con una trayectoria original: hijo de un herrero que le trataba con gran brutalidad, llega a ser un genio político, sobornador, encantador y fanfarrón, y con una delicada y mortífera habilidad para manipular los hechos y las personas. Implacable en la consecución de sus propios intereses, es tan exigente con los demás como lo es consigo mismo. Su programa de reformas tiene que abrirse camino entre un parlamento que sólo vela por los intereses de sus miembros y un rey que fluctúa entre las pasiones románticas y las pulsiones asesinas. «La novela más apasionante que puedas leer.» The Times

Third Floor Rising (Fast Fiction)

release date: Jan 28, 2011
Third Floor Rising (Fast Fiction)
A teenage girl sees a new side to her mother when she starts to work with her in a department store. .

Ink in the Blood: A Hospital Diary

release date: Dec 15, 2010
Ink in the Blood: A Hospital Diary
Just after ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for ‘Wolf Hall’, she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary.

A Change of Climate

release date: Apr 01, 2007
A Change of Climate
A New York Times Notable Book Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. Thirty years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and thirty years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.

An Experiment in Love

release date: Apr 01, 2007
An Experiment in Love
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year It was the year after Chappaquiddick, and all spring Carmel McBain had watery dreams about the disaster. Now she, Karina, and Julianne were escaping the dreary English countryside for a London University hall of residence. Interspersing accounts of her current position as a university student with recollections of her childhood and an ever difficult relationship with her longtime schoolmate Karina, Carmel reflects on a generation of girls desiring the power of men, but fearful of abandoning what is expected and proper. When these bright but confused young women land in late 1960s London, they are confronted with a slew of new preoccupations--sex, politics, food, and fertility--and a pointless grotesque tragedy of their own. Hilary Mantel''s magnificent novel examines the pressures on women during the early days of contemporary feminism to excel--but not be too successful--in England''s complex hierarchy of class and status.

A Place of Greater Safety

release date: Nov 14, 2006
A Place of Greater Safety
Set during the French Revolution, this "riveting historical novel" ("The New Yorker") is the story of three young provincials who together helped destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves.

Beyond Black

release date: May 09, 2005
Beyond Black
Trouble spirals out of control for a psychic and her personal assistant when they take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist after moving to a suburban wasteland.

Giving Up the Ghost

release date: Jan 01, 2004
Giving Up the Ghost
''Like Lorna Sage''s Bad Blood ... A masterpiece'' RACHEL CUSK ''Giving up the Ghost'' is award-winning novelist Hilary Mantel''s uniquely unusual five-part autobiography. Opening in 1995 with ''A Second Home'', Mantel describes the death of her stepfather which leaves her deeply troubled by the unresolved events of her childhood. In ''Now Geoffrey Don''t Torment Her'' Mantel takes the reader into the muffled consciousness of her early childhood, culminating in the birth of a younger brother and the strange candlelight ceremony of her mother''s ''churching''. In ''Smile'', an account of teenage perplexity, Mantel describes a household where the keeping of secrets has become a way of life. Finally, at the memoir''s conclusion, Mantel explains how through a series of medical misunderstandings and neglect she came to be childless and how the ghosts of the unborn like chances missed or pages unturned, have come to haunt her life as a writer.
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