Emma Glass

A darkly shimmering novel of a nurse on the edge of burnout, by “an immensely talented young writer . . . Her fearlessness renews one's faith in the power of literature” (George Saunders). Laura is a nurse in a pediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely fragile bodies and carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep them alive. Laura may be burnt out. Her hands have been raw from washing as long as she can remember. When she sleeps, she dreams of water; when she wakes, she finds herself lying next to a man who doesn't love her anymore. And there is a strange figure dancing in the corner of her vision, always just beyond her reach. Dark yet luminous, sensual yet chilling, written with a visceral rhythm and laced with dread, Rest and Be Thankful is an unforgettable novel that confirms Emma Glass as a visionary new voice.

Rest and Be Thankful

Eimear McBride

Daisy Johnson

Naomi Booth

Imogen Hermes Gowar

Kirsty Logan

Irenosen Okojie

Natasha Carthew

Mahsuda Snaith

Liv Little

"DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID. Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men. From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today."--Provided by publisher.

Introducing a dazzling new literary voice--a wholly original novel as groundbreaking as the works of Eimear McBride and Max Porter. Something has happened to Peach. Staggering around the town streets in the aftermath of an assault, Peach feels a trickle of blood down her legs, a lingering smell of her anonymous attacker on her skin. It hurts to walk, but she manages to make her way to her home, where she stumbles into another oddly nightmarish reality: Her parents can't seem to comprehend that anything has happened to their daughter. The next morning, Peach tries to return to the routines of her ordinary life, going to classes, spending time with her boyfriend, Green, trying to find comfort in the thought of her upcoming departure for college. And yet, as Peach struggles through the next few days, she is stalked by the memories of her unacknowledged trauma. Sleeping is hard when she is haunted by the glimpses of that stranger's gaping mouth. Working is hard when her assailant's rancid smell still fills her nostrils. Eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum. Though she tries to close her eyes to what has happened, Peach at last begins to understand the drastic, gruesome action she must take. In this astonishing debut, Emma Glass articulates the unspeakable with breathtaking verve. Intensely physical, with rhythmic, visceral prose, Peach marks the arrival of a visionary new voice.

Peach

La carne

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... Haunted by vivid nightmares, seventeen year old Clara Blackwell suffers a miserable and downtrodden life in Great Britain. When a simple act of kindness leads her astray, a chance encounter casts her across the dimensional barrier between worlds. Clara is thrust into a captivating realm of vampires and magic that is desperate to tear her apart. Awaking in a mysterious castle under a cosmic sky, she quickly learns that the beauty of this new world is matched only by its immense peril. Ripped from her nightmares comes Elliott Craven, her dream savior. Cold, logical, and deeply suspicious of her intentions, the dark lord of the castle will be her only chance at survival... if only he can find a way to save her. The subjects of his castle aren't the only dangers lurking in this strange new world. If word of her arrival spreads, the entire world could erupt into a brutal war over Clara's fate. After all, there hasn't been a human in this vampire realm for thousands of years, and everyone wants a taste. A fresh and epic story that flips the entire genre on its head. READ IT! - Selena Reviews ★★★★★ Forget everything you think you know. A Witch Between Worlds will surprise you at every turn. - Fantasy Daily ★★★★★

The Vampire's Witch

Il battito fantasma

By turns tender and devastating, Mrs Jekyll contorts Stevenson's gothic classic in a sumptuous and shocking account of modern womanhood.

Schoolteacher Rosy Winter is dying.

Her husband Charlie offers all the relief he can. Rosy's sister-in-law, Sally, offers none.

But Rosy feels something growing in her. A hard knot in her chest.

Beyond the homeopathic remedies, the dinner party obligations, the snatched whispers on wards and in staffrooms, a force - murderous, feminine, feverish - is stirring within her...

Mrs Jekyll

'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday Times DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID. Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men. From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today. 'A thoroughly original package that has a hint of Angela Carter' The Times 'Sharp writing and cleverly done' Spectator

Forgotten Folktales Retold

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... The vampire lords have finally come to Stonehold. Pressure builds within the occupied castle, driving wedges between all. The young lovers Elliott and Clara must reconcile their changes or push each other apart--forever. Driven by prophecies of the coming storm, Lorelei battles her curse, Nikki struggles against her insanity, and Kinsey must choose her loyalties. Salvation and danger come intertwined. Clara is given a chance to choose her own destiny--but she must face the cunning of the vampire lords alone, stripped of protections. It is time for the fledgling witch's fate to be decided. Witch Between Worlds is unlike anything you've read this year! - Adina Meyers ★★★★★ Forget everything you think you know. A Witch Between Worlds will surprise you at every turn. - Fantasy Daily ★★★★★ I'm hooked and I can't stop reading! Emma Glass has a way with words and I'm in love with the world she has lovingly crafted. - Selena Reviews ★★★★★

The Witch's Peril

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... Having survived the trial of the Vampire Lords, Clara Blackwell pursues her magical training. Thrust into a new life with allies both old and new, Clara must steel herself for a coming storm that threatens to annihilate all she holds dear. As a witness to the destruction, a powerful, defiant choice must be made... but will she be ready? Meanwhile, Nikki Craven departs on a quest to the very edge of Stonehold. She seeks the truth behind a mysterious disappearance... but she is dealing with powers far beyond anything the Cravens are prepared for. On another world, the embittered Peter Tatham faces his destiny--an unlikely path that may link him to Clara and Elliott, forever. The training is about to begin--and the Calamity draws ever closer...

The Witch's Path

Magic, Vampires, and a world of Werewolves. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will love A Witch Between Wolves! Awoken on a new and dangerous world, Nikki Craven finds herself outmatched and enslaved by the powerful werewolves of the Terminal Empire. At the head of this army, the fiercely dominant Highlord Darius of Blades seeks to fulfill his mission: Capture the girl and return her to the Capitol city... and bring her broken. Enraptured by the vampiric witch and her indomitable spirit, Darius will be pushed to his absolute limit, and he will be forced to make an impossible choice. A choice that could set fire to the world itself. A Witch Between Wolves is the first book of the Second Season of A Witch Between Worlds! Catch up by reading Season 1, or jump right in with Nikki Craven and her deliciously wicked Werewolf captor! A sexy dominant werewolf, a sadistic vampire who can't be tamed, and a whole new world to discover? A Witch Between Wolves is H-O-T! - Selena Reviews ★★★★★ A Witch Between Wolves is a powerful and seductive story that leaves us begging for more. Emma Glass just blew us away! - Fantasy Daily ★★★★★

The Witch Between Wolves

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... In the wake of Clara Blackwell's departure, magical disasters strike the vampiric Earth. Atop a tower during an unnatural winter, Elliott Craven grieves. Unable to turn back time and reverse his mistakes, the vampire lord descends down a dark and harrowing path. The broken vampire rules his kingdom with a cold, iron fist that only tightens with the passing year--all too aware that distracted enemies loom in the darkness, ready to wreak their vengeance. Meanwhile, the heartbroken Clara struggles to adjust to her old life. As the months fly by and her dreams grow in danger, she falls ever deeper into fraught despair. Little does she know what secrets hide in the impossible amulet around her neck--and how far she must suffer to see her Elliott again. The separated lovers are destined for a collision course that will change everything--and with disaster on all sides, their reunion will set an unbelievable chaos into motion... A fresh and epic story that flips the entire genre on its head. READ IT! - Selena Reviews ★★★★★ Witch Between Worlds is unlike anything you've read this year! - Adina Meyers ★★★★★ Forget everything you think you know. A Witch Between Worlds will surprise you at every turn. - Fantasy Daily ★★★★★

The Witch's Reunion

At the dawn of the Calamity, three separated lives intertwine.Clara Blackwell's magical training has drawn to a close. Haunted by the impending apocalypse, danger surrounds her at every turn. But mysteries deep within her dreams will finally come to light--and if she's lucky enough, she just might find a way to bring a new salvation to the vampire world.Defeated but determined, Nikki Craven faces the impossible. As her quest fails and a bloodcurdling nemesis returns, she must convince the vampire lords of what she's seen--by crossing the most treacherous mountains of her world, filled with incomparable darkness and flames.Meanwhile, a boy with a stolen destiny is drawn back into the fold. As a rift activates, Peter Tathammust rush across the world and defy those who would control him. A terrible choice must be made.And on a dark, fateful night, the forgotten boy's life is about to change--forever.The pieces are set. The stalemate is breaking. And the ultimate threat finally awakens...

The Witch's Sorrow

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... A desperate attempt at salvation has brought tragedy to Stonehold Castle. Clara Blackwell sleeps an unnatural sleep, led deeper into her dreams by a figure from her past. Driven into powerful mourning, Elliott struggles to balance watching over her slumbering body with ruling over a vampire civilization, in a world where magic enhances everything - especially the vicious, dangerous wildlife. Events have begun to shift on the global scale. No longer can Elliott Craven ignore the threat of the other vampire lords - powerful enemies eager to get their hands on the world's single human being, no matter the cost. As Clara and Elliott triumphantly reunite, they must face down deception and danger both near and far, for the night is dark and determined to destroy them. By a cruel twist of fate, their greatest strengths may be the thing that threatens to unravel them... A fresh and epic story that flips the entire genre on its head. READ IT! - Selena Reviews ★★★★★ Forget everything you think you know. A Witch Between Worlds will surprise you at every turn. - Fantasy Daily ★★★★★

Trials of the Vampire

As the skies burn, the Calamity falls.Gathering their allies, Clara Blackwell and Elliott Craven prepare themselves for the coming showdown. The treacherous road ahead will take them through uncharted territory, back to where it all began--a deadly forest within a young witch's nightmares--and far beyond. For the key to salvation lies buried in her dreams, surrounded by grave danger...Meanwhile, a shattered Nikki Craven struggles to hide her grief. Haunted by tragedy, the broken vampire warrior has lost nearly everything--but the rest of her journey will test her. If the witch-in-training fails, she could lose so much more.Against impossible odds, a young guardian struggles to save their lives...Questions are answered. Identities are revealed.And a perilous destiny awaits them all...

The Witch's Destiny

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... Clara Blackwell and Elliott Craven reunite one year after their painful separation--on the wrong world! Desperate to find a way back to Stonehold, she tries to hide a bloodthirsty vampire in a world of over seven billion humans. But soon, that will be the least of their problems... Enemies have risen on all fronts. On a world hostile to vampires, danger comes from a mysterious corporation that hunts the pair for nefarious purposes--and if they find them, catastrophe will follow. Meanwhile, Elliott's realm faces its own perils. Leaderless before the threat of the vampire lords, allies near and far must pull together to defend the kingdom in the face of utter annihilation... and it may not be enough. The clock is ticking down to a disaster beyond anyone's imagination. Calamity draws closer as the black wind howls... Witch Between Worlds is unlike anything you've read this year! - Adina Meyers ★★★★★ Forget everything you think you know. A Witch Between Worlds will surprise you at every turn. - Fantasy Daily ★★★★★ I'm hooked and I can't stop reading! Emma Glass has a way with words and I'm in love with the world she has lovingly crafted. - Selena Reviews ★★★★★

The Witch's Dilemma

C’era una volta un uomo fatto di salsicce. E c’era una volta una ragazza vegetariana. L’uomo fatto di salsicce aggredisce la ragazza vegetariana. La ragazza vegetariana torna a casa col sangue che cola lungo le cosce, sutura la ferita con ago e fi lo e prova a fare come se niente fosse. Ma fare come se niente fosse è difficile, perché l’uomo fatto di salsicce non smette di perseguitarla: spiandola dal bosco vicino a scuola, affacciandosi a una finestra, spuntando da un lampione. La ragazza vegetariana non riesce a dormire, con il ricordo di quella gigantesca bocca spalancata, non riesce a concentrarsi, con quell’odore di grasso bruciato nelle narici, non riesce a mangiare, con lo stomaco gonfio e teso come un tamburo. Sente qualcosa di mostruoso crescerle dentro. Per riavere indietro la sua vita – andare a scuola, a nuotare, incontrare il fi danzato – la ragazza vegetariana assale l’uomo fatto di salsicce e lo cucina a un barbecue di famiglia. Poi si butta in piscina, ma il suo corpo si spolpa e diventa un osso. E poi la ragazza vegetariana e l’uomo fatto di salsicce non c’erano più. La carne è la perturbante opera prima di Emma Glass: una fiaba-incubo lirica e bizzarra, una storia di iniziazione tragica all’umano destino, il racconto di come il male a un certo punto, brutalmente, penetra la vita che, da lì in avanti, non può occuparsi d’altro che di fare i conti con il male – perché la vita questo è: una storia di sopravvivenza, non sempre a lieto fi ne. Emma Glass la articola con una prosa ritmica, percussiva, viscerale; un linguaggio che ha nello sperimentalismo di James Joyce il più diretto ascendente. L’indicibile, difatti, necessita di magia per essere proferito, comunicato, elaborato. L’innominabile deve essere sublimato. E la magia dell’arte è l’unico strumento che abbiamo.

In the aftermath of a powerful betrayal, Clara Blackwell and Nikki Craven part ways. Forced to undergo her final year of training alone, Clara must contend with the forces of Seven Portals--all of whom suspect her curious powers. If her carefully-guarded secrets are uncovered, all could be lost. Questions long ignored threaten the young lovers, Clara and Elliott. The difference in their lifespans. The future of their relationship. The ways they tackle their problems. Apart and together, the two young lovers are forced to confront their harsh realities--and finally take their next step forward. Meanwhile, an unlikely alliance forms. Two vampires in search of answers descend into enemy territory. If they succeed in their quest, they will uncover a key to the final threat looming ahead. If they fail, they risk outright war--and the Calamity's champion will rise. The end draws near as the pieces gather...

The Witch's Heart

Laurent Seksik

Jennifer Clement

David Trueba

Christine Angot

Simonetta Greggio

Franzobel

Serge Joncour

Matthieu Mégevand

Amélie Cordonnier

Thomas B. Reverdy

Catalogue de la rentrée littéraire 2018 des éditions Flammarion : Christine Angot - Amélie Cordonnier - Simonetta Greggio - Serge Joncour - Matthieu Mégevand - Thomas B. Reverdy - Laurent Seksik - Jennifer Clement - Franzobel - Emma Glass - David Trueba

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