Libro : La Casa De Riverton / The House At Riverton -...

-Titulo Original : La Casa De Riverton / The House At Riverton (Spanish Edition)

-Fabricante :

Debolsillo

-Descripcion Original:

Magnifico retrato de los ultimos esplendores de la aristocracia inglesa, un mundo de convenciones y secretos atravesado por vehementes pasiones y terribles desengaños.Verano de 1924. Durante una rutilante fiesta de la alta sociedad en Riverton Manor, una preciosa mansion a orillas de un lago, un joven y prometedor poeta se quita la vida. Las unicas testigos de ese dramatico hecho, las hermanas Hannah y Emmeline Hartford, no se volveran a hablar nunca mas. Invierno de 1999. Grace Bradley, una anciana de noventa y ocho años que otrora fuera doncella en Riverton Manor recibe la visita de una joven directora de cine que esta rodando una pelicula sobre el suicidio del poeta. Esa visita convoca los fantasmas del pasado, recuerdos que durante decadas Grace habia relegado a lo mas profundo de su mente, incapaz de enfrentarse a ellos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Forgotten Garden comes a gorgeous novel set in England between World War I and World war II. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, it is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades. Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they-and Grace-know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories. Told in flashback, this is the story of Graces youth during the last days of Edwardian aristocratic privilege shattered by war, of the vibrant twenties and the changes she witnessed as an entire way of life vanished forever. The novel is full of secrets-some revealed, others hidden forever, reminiscent of the romantic suspense of Daphne du Maurier. It is also a meditation on memory, the devastation of war and a beautifully rendered window into a fascinating time in history. Kate Morton’s first novel, originally published to critical acclaim in Australia, and quickly becoming a #1 bestseller in England, The House at Riverton is a vivid, page-turning novel of suspense and passion, with characters-and an ending-readers wont soon forget. Review La critica ha dicho... -Kate Morton, [...] en la tradicion de literatura clasica anglosajona, es el ultimo fenomeno literario. [...] atrapa a lectores con lazo por su manera de contar gustosa, minuciosa, victoriana.-.- El Pais Semanal -Entre sus paginas se oyen ecos del mejor Maupassant, el lejano Bradbury y sus tormentas internas y el psicologico Henry James y sus personajes inquietantes. Pero, sobre todo, Morton ha dado vida a un territorio mitico e incognoscible: la posesion mas valiosa del ser humano: los recuerdos.-.- Ángeles Lopez, Que leer -Sin duda, esta australiana nacida en Queensland en 1976 es la escritora del momento.-.- El Cultural -Un brillante debut australiano [...] Un rico contexto historico para un fuerte drama emocional y un misterio cautivante [...] Desbordante, con un lenguaje seductor, mansiones grandiosas, personajes pretenciosos, crueles y apasionados [...] completamente adictivo.-.- The Australian Womens Weekly -Este impactante debut posee tanto una atmosfera de misterio criminal como una absorbente saga familiar que evoca, bellamente, otra era [...] La casa de Riverton es un encantador relato sobre los extremos a los que la gente llega por amor y en nombre del deber.-.- Notebook Magazine -Kate Morton ha creado con habilidad e inteligencia