Alexis Schaitkin
1) Saint X
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UNA NOVELA ESTREMECEDORA SOBRE EL DUELO, LA OBSESIÓN Y EL VÍNCULO ENTRE DOS HERMANAS QUE NUNCA TERMINARON DE CONOCERSE.
Claire tiene sólo siete años cuando su hermana mayor, Alison, desaparece la última noche de las vacaciones familiares en la paradisiaca isla caribeña de Saint X. Días después, el cuerpo de Alison aparece en el mar, y la policía arresta a dos empleados del sitio turístico. Pero los sospechosos terminan por ser liberados,...
2) Elsewhere
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"Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear. Vera grows up in a small town, removed and isolated, pressed up against the mountains, cloud-covered and damp year-round. This town, fiercely protective, brutal and unforgiving...
3) Saint X
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"Hailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another. Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison's body is found in...