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Jeannette Ng

    Jeannette Ng sa vo svojej tvorbe zameriava na témy pretkané históriou a teológiou, pričom často čerpá zo stredovekého a misijného myslenia. Jej jedinečný štýl sa vyznačuje hlbokým záujmom o minulosť, ktorý pretavuje do pútavých príbehov. Bohaté znalosti z oblasti stredovekých a renesančných štúdií využíva na skúmanie zložitých myšlienok a ľudských motivácií. Jej diela tak ponúkajú čitateľom neopozeraný pohľad na univerzálne témy.

    Under the Pendulum Sun
    • Under the Pendulum Sun

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      Winner of the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Jeannette Ng brings a stunningly different Victorian fantasy that mixes Crimson Peak with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Victorian missionaries travel into the heart of the newly discovered lands of the Fae, in a stunningly different fantasy that mixes Crimson Peak with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Catherine Helstone’s brother, Laon, has disappeared in Arcadia, legendary land of the magical fae. Desperate for news of him, she makes the perilous journey, but once there, she finds herself alone and isolated in the sinister house of Gethsemane. At last there comes news: her beloved brother is riding to be reunited with her soon but the Queen of the Fae and her insane court are hard on his heels. File Under: Fantasy [ In Arcadia | Seek and Hide | The Queen of Moths | Lands of the Damned ]

      Under the Pendulum Sun2017
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