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Beschreibung
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery . . .
'A shimmering fever-dream of a novel' Telegraph
Spring, 1951. Four people meet in a small French town: the baker and his wife; the ambassador and his wife. Two belong to the town, two are outsiders.
Some time later, strange things start happening. Horses drop dead in the fields. Children grow wild and unbiddable. Ghosts are sighted after dark. Someone is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse - but who is the predator and who their prey?
Audacious and mesmerizing, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
'A dreamy sapphic romp' The Times
'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill' Guardian
The Spectator Book of the Year 2023
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Well, I regret having to inform you once again that loving one book by an author does not automatically lead to loving every book by an author, which is a truth I theoretically know, but seem to periodically forget for some reason. So "Cursed Bread". The premise according to the blurb: A whole village in early 20th century France goes insane and nobody knows why. Based on a true story. The end. The premise according to me: Horny woman has a crush on an affluent couple that just moved into her village. Things happen. Food preservatives are underresearched. People die. The end. Doesn't sound too enticing, does it? That's because it isn't. The book is overwritten and wordy in the worst possible way, it is difficult to read and even more difficult to stay focussed while doing so. More than once I simply forgot what was happening WHILE READING because I constantly found my thoughts drifting; my attention compromised. If there is a plot, I am yet to find it. Needless to say: This really wasn't my cup of tea. AT ALL. And still I can see how people could love this book. There is a certain way authors bend language to their will that some readers seem to really enjoy (I am looking at you, Lispector-fans), but I, for one, DO need some kind of plot, or info, or any content that goes beyond word choice and sentence structure. If you happen to have read "Cursed Bread", feel free to share your opinion. If you read it and, like me, didn't like it, do not let that dissuade you from picking up "Blue Ticket" though. Because that one was really, truly good. Klara over and out.
Beschreibung
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery . . .
'A shimmering fever-dream of a novel' Telegraph
Spring, 1951. Four people meet in a small French town: the baker and his wife; the ambassador and his wife. Two belong to the town, two are outsiders.
Some time later, strange things start happening. Horses drop dead in the fields. Children grow wild and unbiddable. Ghosts are sighted after dark. Someone is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse - but who is the predator and who their prey?
Audacious and mesmerizing, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
'A dreamy sapphic romp' The Times
'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill' Guardian
The Spectator Book of the Year 2023
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
Well, I regret having to inform you once again that loving one book by an author does not automatically lead to loving every book by an author, which is a truth I theoretically know, but seem to periodically forget for some reason. So "Cursed Bread". The premise according to the blurb: A whole village in early 20th century France goes insane and nobody knows why. Based on a true story. The end. The premise according to me: Horny woman has a crush on an affluent couple that just moved into her village. Things happen. Food preservatives are underresearched. People die. The end. Doesn't sound too enticing, does it? That's because it isn't. The book is overwritten and wordy in the worst possible way, it is difficult to read and even more difficult to stay focussed while doing so. More than once I simply forgot what was happening WHILE READING because I constantly found my thoughts drifting; my attention compromised. If there is a plot, I am yet to find it. Needless to say: This really wasn't my cup of tea. AT ALL. And still I can see how people could love this book. There is a certain way authors bend language to their will that some readers seem to really enjoy (I am looking at you, Lispector-fans), but I, for one, DO need some kind of plot, or info, or any content that goes beyond word choice and sentence structure. If you happen to have read "Cursed Bread", feel free to share your opinion. If you read it and, like me, didn't like it, do not let that dissuade you from picking up "Blue Ticket" though. Because that one was really, truly good. Klara over and out.