Jo Mazelis Livres

Jo Mazelis crée des récits qui explorent les complexités de l'expérience humaine à travers ses nouvelles, sa poésie et ses essais. Ses recueils acclamés scrutent les relations complexes et les mondes intérieurs avec un œil attentif aux détails, obtenant une reconnaissance telle que des sélections pour de prestigieux prix littéraires. Son premier roman, lauréat du Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, démontre sa maîtrise dans l'élaboration d'intrigues captivantes et d'études de personnages perspicaces. L'écriture de Mazelis se distingue par sa prose lyrique et sa profonde capacité à découvrir des significations cachées dans le tissu de la vie quotidienne.

Ritual 1969
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This darkly gothic collection of stories explores the unsettlingborderland between reality and the supernatural.Ranging from early twentieth-century France to 1960s South Wales and contemporary Europe, Jo Mazelis singular vision and poetic language creates characters caught upinevents and feelings they do not fullyunderstandor control, giving the book itsuncannyfocus. Not all is as it seemsina world where first impressions may only conceal disguises and false trails - and there's no going back. "
Significance
Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize Winner 2015 Lucy Swann is trying on a new life. She’s cut and dyed her hair and bought new clothes, but she’s only got as far as a small town in northern France when her flight is violently cut short. When Inspector Vivier and his handsome assistant Sabine Pelat begin their investigation the chance encounters of her last days take on a new significance. Lucy’s death, like a stone thrown into a pool, sends out far-reaching ripples, altering the lives of people who never knew her as well as those of her loved ones back home.

Ritual 1969

Significance