Título: The Girls: A Novel
Autor: Emma Cline
Sinopse: THE INSTANT BESTSELLER • An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Vogue, Glamour, People, The Huffington Post, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Slate
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence.
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award • Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Emma Cline—One of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists
Praise for The Girls
“Spellbinding . . . a seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Extraordinary . . . Debut novels like this are rare, indeed.”—The Washington Post
“Hypnotic.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Gorgeous.”—Los Angeles Times
“Savage.”—The Guardian
“Astonishing.”—The Boston Globe
“Superbly written.”—James Wood, The New Yorker
“Intensely consuming.”—Richard Ford
“A spectacular achievement.”—Lucy Atkins, The Times
“Thrilling.”—Jennifer Egan
“Compelling and startling.”—The Economist
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Girls: A Novel”, de Emma Cline, publicado pela editora Random House Publishing Group, em 2017 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Random House Publishing Group
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2017-05-09
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0812988027
ISBN13: 9780812988024
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Random House Publishing Group oferecem uma experiência de leitura que varia entre narrativas densas e envolventes, com personagens complexos, e obras de cunho informativo e reflexivo. O catálogo inclui desde dramas intensos ambientados em universos de poder e intrigas, até guias práticos e atualizados sobre temas de saúde e bem-estar, além de memórias que exploram perspectivas pessoais e sociais profundas. A linguagem costuma ser acessível, mas com ritmo que pode oscilar entre o ágil e o contemplativo, dependendo do tema. Há também espaço para obras que propõem uma reflexão crítica sobre a relação do ser humano com o mundo, com abordagens tanto ficcionais quanto ensaísticas.
