How Can I Help You
- 224 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Taut and compelling, How Can I Help You explores the dark side of human nature and the dangerous pull of artistic obsession....
Laura Sims Knihy
Laura Sims píše s naliehavosťou a prenikavým vhľadom do psychiky postáv. Jej diela, často charakterizované ako znepokojivé a mrazivé, skúmajú temné stránky ľudskej túžby a posadnutosti. Sims majstrovsky kombinuje napätie s precíznym jazykom, čím čitateľov vťahuje do klaustrofobických svetov svojich protagonistov. Jej próza je pozoruhodná svojou schopnosťou odhaľovať skryté hrôzy pod povrchom zdanlivo obyčajných životov.
Looker
- 192 stránok
- 7 hodin čítania
One of Vogue’s Best Books of 2019 *Vogue, Best Novels of 2019 *CrimeReads, Best Fiction Debuts of 2019 *Star-Ledger, Top Ten New Jersey Authors of 2019 *EsquireUK, Best Books of 2019 So Far *People, Best New Books of the Week *Southern Living, Best New Books of Winter 2019 *Entertainment Weekly, Hottest Reads of January *CosmoUK, Best New Books of January *Vogue, Lit Hub, and CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Books of 2019 In this taut, arresting debut, a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor—the actress. Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her ex-husband’s cat. As her fascination grows, the narrator’s hold on reality begins to slip. Before long, she’s collecting cast-off items from the actress’s stoop and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress’s husband. After a disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning—and irrevocable—unraveling. Immersive and darkly entertaining, Looker is a searing psychological portrait of obsession.
