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Diane Setterfield

    August 22, 1964

    Diane Setterfield is a British author hailed as a mistress of the craft of storytelling. Her novels, often described as 'a love letter to reading,' weave mystery, enchantment, and a deep exploration into the very nature of stories. Considering herself 'a reader first, a writer second,' Setterfield delves into themes of narrative, identity, and the intricate connections between life and literature. Her distinctive ability to create captivating worlds and characters cements her significance in contemporary fiction.

    Diane Setterfield
    Grandibestsellers: La tredicesima storia
    BEST SELLER - 26200: El cuento número trece
    Тринадцатая сказка
    Bellman & Black
    Once Upon a River
    The Thirteenth Tale
    • The Thirteenth Tale

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      'Simply brilliant' Kate Mosse, international bestselling author of Labyrinth *** Everybody has a story... Angelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. It was once home to the March family: fascinating, manipulative Isabelle; brutal, dangerous Charlie; and the wild, untamed twins, Emmeline and Adeline. But the house hides a chilling secret which strikes at the very heart of each of them, tearing their lives apart... Now Margaret Lea is investigating Angelfield's past, and its mysterious connection to the enigmatic writer Vida Winter. Vida's history is mesmering - a tale of ghosts, governesses, and gothic strangeness. But as Margaret succumbs to the power of her storytelling, two parallel stories begin to unfold... What has Angelfield been hiding? What is the secret that strikes at the heart of Margaret's own, troubled life? And can both women ever confront the ghosts that haunt them...? The Thirteenth Tale is a spellbinding mystery, a love letter to storytelling, and a modern classic.

      The Thirteenth Tale
      4.0
    • Once Upon a River

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A SPELLBINDING, MULTI-LAYERED MYSTERY SET IN THE 19TH CENTURY AROUND THE THAMES, BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THIRTEENTH TALE.

      Once Upon a River
      3.9
    • Killing a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels him to enter into a macabre bargain with a stranger in black -- $c Source other than Library of Congress.

      Bellman & Black
      3.2
    • Entre mentiras, recuerdos e imaginación se teje la vida de la señora Winter, una famosa novelista ya muy entrada en años que pide ayuda a Margaret, una mujer joven y amante de los libros, para contar por fin la historia de su misterioso pasado. «Cuénteme la verdad», pide Margaret, pero la verdad duele, y solo el día en que Vida Winter muera sabremos qué secretos encerraba "El cuento número trece", una historia que nadie se había atrevido a escribir.

      BEST SELLER - 26200: El cuento número trece
      4.0
    • Grandibestsellers: La tredicesima storia

      • 412 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Margaret Lea è una giovane libraia antiquaria che negli anni trascorsi con il padre tra pagine immortali e volumi sepolti dall'oblio, ha coltivato una quieta passione per le biografie letterarie in cui di tanto in tanto si cimenta. La sua prevedibile esistenza viene sconvolta il giorno in cui Vida Winter, sfuggente e carismatica scrittrice alla fine dei suoi giorni, la incarica di scrivere la sua biografia ufficiale. Margaret parte alla volta dell'isolata magione dell'anziana autrice, nelle campagne dello Yorkshire, e rimane immediatamente stregata dalle vicende della singolare famiglia Angelfield e dalla sorte di un misterioso racconto che Vida Winter non ha mai voluto pubblicare... "La tredicesima storia" dipana così davanti agli occhi del lettore non solo il tempestoso trascorrere di esistenze avvolte dal segreto, ma anche la complessa, intensissima amicizia tra due donne di differenti generazioni che, dietro la magica finzione del narrare, troveranno l'una nell'altra verità su se stesse a cui mai sarebbero potute arrivare da sole.

      Grandibestsellers: La tredicesima storia
      3.9
    • Впервые на русском – долгожданный новый роман Дианы Сеттерфилд, прославленного автора «Тринадцатой сказки», признанного шедевра современной английской прозы, который заставил критиков заговорить о возвращении золотого века британского романа, овеянного именами Шарлотты и Эмили Бронте и Дафны Дю Морье. В детстве Уильям Беллмен убивает из рогатки грача; невозможный, через все поле, выстрел тем не менее попадает в цель. Поступок этот вскоре забывается, но имеет непредсказуемые и трагические последствия через много лет, когда Уильям уже вырос, стал уважаемым человеком, счастливо женатым, с четырьмя детьми. Ведь грачи не забывают ничего… И вот ночью, на кладбище, Уильям заключает невероятную сделку с незнакомцем в черном, таинственным образом вошедшим в его жизнь; сделку, которая навсегда изменит судьбу Уильяма.

      Беллмен и Блэк, или Незнакомец в черном. Bellmen i Blek, ili Neznakomets v chernom
      3.5