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A menina submersa (2012)

2012 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · 261 页

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A Menina Submersa: Memórias é um verdadeiro conto de fadas, uma história de fantasmas habitada por sereias e licantropos. Mas antes de tudo uma grande história de amor construída como um quebra-cabeça pós-moderno, uma viagem através do labirinto de uma crescente doença mental. Um romance repleto de camadas, mitos e mistério, beleza e horror, em um fluxo de arquétipos que desafiam a primazia do "real" sobre o "verdadeiro" e resultam em uma das mais poderosas fantasias dark dos últimos anos. Considerado uma "obra-prima do terror" da nova geração, o romance é repleto de elementos de realismo mágico e foi indicado a mais de cinco prêmios de literatura fantástica, e vencedor do importante Bram Stoker Awards 2013. O trabalho cuidadoso de Caitlín R. Kiernan é nos guiar pela mente de sua personagem India Morgan Phelps, ou Imp, uma menina que tem nos livros os grandes companheiros na luta contra seu histórico genético esquizofrênico e paranoico. Filha e neta de mulheres que buscaram o suicídio como única alternativa, Imp começa a escrever um livro de memórias para tentar reconstruir seus pensamentos e lutar contra o que seria "a maldição da família Phelps", além de buscar suas lembranças sobre a inusitada Eva Canning, sua relação com a namorada e consigo mesma, que evoca em muitos momentos a atmosfera de filmes como Azul é a Cor mais Quente (Palma de Ouro em Cannes, 2013) e Almas Gêmeas (1994), de Peter Jackson. Não se assuste: é um livro dentro de um livro, e a incoerência uma isca para uma viagem mais profunda, onde a autora se aproxima de grandes nomes como Edgar Allan Poe e HP Lovecraft, que enxergaram o terror em um universo simples e trivial - na rua ao lado ou nas plácidas águas escuras do rio que passa perto de casa - , e sabem que o medo real nos habita. Caitlín dialoga ainda com o universo insólito de artistas como P.G.

Caitlín R. KiernanAuthor

一部围绕奇幻, Fiction 和 Horror 展开的 2012 作品。由 Caitlín R. Kiernan 执导。

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