Camera - Couverture rigide

Liffner, Eva-Marie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1843430223 ISBN 13 : 9781843430223

Editeur : The Harvill Press, 2003

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A photographer dies leaving all his belongings, amongst them many notes and photographs, to his niece. Intrigued by her inheritance Johanna Hall decides to investigate the secrets of her uncle's early life. Travelling to London, where her uncle had lived and trained in his youth, she uncovers a macabre history laced with scandal. In 1905 Madame Blavatsky holds Theosophist s-ances in London. Amongst the attendees is churchman Charles Leadbeater. Johanna discovers that Leadbeater used his position to take in young children and murder them, the fascination being to capture on film the souls of the children departing their dying bodies. Photographs of the s-ances and the children are taken by Herbert Burrows, to whom Johanna's uncle was apprenticed at the time. The story is told both by Johanna in her present day research and then by her uncle who, as a young man, gives his version of the story. Part crime novel and part historical fiction, Camera reflects upon the r-le of photography to record memories and document truth as Johanna's revelations unfold.

Revue de presse :

"Reminiscent of Louise Welsh's The Cutting Room, Camera also contains elements of Sinclairian psychogeography and... this narrative jigsaw shakes down in satisfying style" (Observer)

"A skilfully designed crime story-quotes from letters and newspaper articles are intertwined with other narrative techniques in a remarkably daring but assured way" (Dagens Nyheter)

"A vivid and increasingly fascinating recreation of the past and is human dramas" (Svenska Dagbladet)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843430223
• ISBN 13: 9781843430223
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208