- EAN13
- 9781399619929
- Éditeur
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Date de publication
- 19/03/2024
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9781399619929
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There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to
The Morningside.
When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after
being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end
up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where
Silvia's aunt, Ena, serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her
new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their
family's past. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place she was born and
spent her early years; nor does she know why she and her mother had to leave.
But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give a young girl glimpses
into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and
communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's lonely and impoverished reality.
Enchanted by Ena's stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical
possibilities, and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives
in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in
the building; she has her own elevator entrance, and only leaves to go out at
night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early
morning. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and
her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything.
Startling, inventive, and profoundly moving, THE MORNINGSIDE is a novel about
the stories we tell, and the stories we refuse to tell, to make sense of where
we came from, and who we hope we might become.
The Morningside.
When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after
being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end
up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where
Silvia's aunt, Ena, serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her
new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their
family's past. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place she was born and
spent her early years; nor does she know why she and her mother had to leave.
But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give a young girl glimpses
into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and
communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's lonely and impoverished reality.
Enchanted by Ena's stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical
possibilities, and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives
in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in
the building; she has her own elevator entrance, and only leaves to go out at
night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early
morning. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and
her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything.
Startling, inventive, and profoundly moving, THE MORNINGSIDE is a novel about
the stories we tell, and the stories we refuse to tell, to make sense of where
we came from, and who we hope we might become.
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