Dark Places - Ebook written by Kate Grenville. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you . Dark Places - Kindle edition by Grenville, Kate. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Dark Places. Kate Grenville., April Dark Places (Albion’s Story in the US) Dark Places / Albion’s Story was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times book award for fiction, long-listed for the Booker Prize, and won the Vance Palmer Award (the Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction) “This is .
Kate Grenville is one of Australia's most celebrated writers. Her international bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas prizes, has been adapted for the stage and as an acclaimed television miniseries, and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville's other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Dark Places and the. Lighting Dark Places: Essays on Kate Grenville by Brill. Hardcover $ Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Usually ships within 1 week. English In Stock. The language of Dark Places is hyper-real, cringingly vivid. Kate Grenville's bodies are tangible flesh and tacky blood; she is merciless about the folds and wobbles, the secretions and smells, the pinched restrictions and sweaty discomfort of Victorian fashion in a hot and fly-infested climate.
Dark Places tells the story of this man - two parts monster to one part buffoon - and of his growing obsession. As the horror mounts, we gain a terrifying glimpse of the male ego's dark side, and of the destruction it can wreak upon itself and others. Yet at the same time Kate Grenville keeps alive the reader's sympathy for this doomed figure. The language of Dark Places is hyper-real, cringingly vivid. Kate Grenville's bodies are tangible flesh and tacky blood; she is merciless about the folds and wobbles, the secretions and smells, the pinched restrictions and sweaty discomfort of Victorian fashion in a hot and fly-infested climate. She has suggested that "writers have ways of going into the darkest places, taking readers with them and coming out safely." This volume attests to Grenville's own significance as a writer in a time of change and to the value of her novels as indices of that change and in "lighting dark places.".
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