Come Closer
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (708 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004HYHAT4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 174 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Sara Gran is also the author of Saturn's Return to New York and the upcoming Dope. A native of Brooklyn, New York, and a former bookseller, Ms. Gran now divides her time between New York and New Orleans
"‘What we think is impos-sible happens all the time.’ So claims the beguiling narrator of Come Closer, and after reading this spare and menacing tale, the reader has to agree. Sara Gran has created a sly, satisfying (fast!) novel of one young woman possessed not only by a demon but also by her own secret desires."—Stewart O’NanFrom the Hardcover edition.. From the author of Saturn’s Return to New York comes this dark psychological thriller
Five Stars It gets very disturbing and freaky. After reading the entire book I can say that without a doubt this book is one of the scariest I've read.. Could Not Put This Book Down! This is a very creepy, clever, and surprisingly original book. The plot moves along quickly, and really draws the reader in. I enjoyed it immensely! It's a horror story at heart, but it's also a glimpse into a marriage and all of the pitfalls that one can easily relate to.Great read! Definitely recommend!. A parable of female power This clever little novella can be read in one sitting, but don't let that suggest it isn't significant. It has the intensity of a parable, and that's probably the best way to describe it, given the subtext. Ostensibly this is a story about a case of demonic possession, but Sara Gran uses that as an analogy for the psychological crisis of Amanda - an intelligent, thirty-something, professional woman trapped in a too-safe relationship that has drained her life of meaning. The demon apparently possessing her is Naamah - Adam's second wife, in Jewish folklore, and the woman he rejected because he saw he
From Booklist Strange noises that come and go; objects that inexplicably appear, then vanish. Amanda does hear noises and experience bizarre situations, yet as a vague but tantalizing feeling of unease settles in, Amanda's fear feeds her needs and desires. Such bump-in-the-night shenanigans are horror-story standard fare, but in Gran's gifted hands, these stereotypes fade away like ghosts. In this sparsely constructed and compellingly succinct gem of a novel, Gran's heroine leads a normal life until things suddenly and mystifyingly go wrong. Gran's premise, that we accept the impossible, for to do otherwise is to foolishly court disaster, informs the subtle tension beneath this deliciously wicked tale. All rights reserved. Carol HaggasCopyright © American Library Association. Seductively menacing, alluringly sinister, Gran's ominous study of psy