Charles PalliserReihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
11. Dezember 1947
Charles Palliser ist für seine meisterhafte Nutzung komplexer, oft verschlungener Erzählstrukturen bekannt, die den Leser in ausgefeilte Welten entführen. Sein Stil zeichnet sich durch tiefe Einblicke in die Charakterpsychologie und präzise Sprache aus, die die Atmosphäre vergangener Epochen evoziert. Seine Geschichten siedelt er in sorgfältig konstruierten historischen Kulissen an, wo er Themen wie Identität, Erinnerung und verborgene Wahrheiten erforscht. Pallisers Werke sind eine Einladung zu einer intellektuellen und emotionalen Reise, die die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fiktion auslotet.
From the author of the international bestsellerThe Quincunx When his nation is invaded and occupied by a brutal enemy, a man persuades his wife that they should give temporary shelter to a young girl who is at school with their daughter. He has no idea that the girl belongs to a community against whom the invader intends to commit genocide. Days stretch into weeks and then months while the enemy's pitiless hatred of the girl's community puts all of the family in danger. Nobody outside the family can be trusted with the dangerous secret and the threat from outside creates internal conflicts that put the family's unity at risk.
England 1881: Eine entsetzliche Entdeckung reißt das kleine Städtchen Thurchester kurz vor Weihnachten aus seiner Idylle. In der Kathedrale wird die Leiche eines lebendig eingemauerten Mannes entdeckt. Bald darauf kommt noch mehr Mysteriöses ans Licht: Manipulationen, gefälschte Dokumente und tief verwurzelte Zwietracht. Dann geschieht ein weiterer Mord …
At once a hypnotic murder mystery, scathing literary parody, soap opera, and brilliant pastiche, this novel is a virtuoso performance by a modern master of literary gamesmanship in the tradition of Nabokov and Barth. It unfolds through seemingly unrelated narratives, each in a different style and genre. An obituary for a Scottish scientist reveals a colleague's relish for his death. Early in the century, a train in the Scottish Highlands derails during a snowstorm, leading to the death—or murder—of a passenger. An inept publisher's reader summarizes a tacky hospital romance that culminates in a gory murder reminiscent of Jack the Ripper. A report on a contemporary academic scandal spirals into plagiarism, shattered reputations, paranoia, and possible murder disguised as suicide. As the author teases out each situation, it becomes clear they all revolve around a common theme: a distinguished figure in an intellectual pursuit becomes obsessed with a rival's success and schemes their demise, only to fail due to their own monomania. Each plotter becomes a victim of their own machinations, and the betrayer often becomes the betrayed in a complex dance of deception, revenge, and revelation. This challenging, engrossing, and original work is a joy to read, filled with laughter, suspense, and the marvel of a cleverly constructed fictional puzzle.
John Huffam auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über seine Herkunft. Eine Abenteuergeschichte und gleichzeitig eine Schilderung der Lebensverhältnisse im London um 1820.
