The Shades
Evgenia Citkowitz
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
A year has passed since Catherine and Michael Hall lost their teenage daughter in a car accident, leaving them and their sixteen-year-old son, Rowan, reeling in the aftermath of the tragedy. Catherine withdraws to Hamdean, the family's apartment in a Georgian country manor, where the mysteries of the past begin to collide with the truth of the present.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
October 22, 2019
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.4 X 0.6 X 8.1 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393357585
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About the Author
Evgenia Citkowitz was born in New York and educated in London and the United States. Both The Shades and Ether, her debut novella and short story collection, were New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice picks. She lives in Los Angeles.
Reviews
An absorbing book by an author who knows how to create organic suspense without ever overplaying her hand.... Intricately plotted and perfectly paced.... An excellent debut novel that deals heavily with death, but still feels alive, compassionate and full of truths.--Michael Schaub
A dense, powerful novel.--Chloe Schama and Bridget Read
This psychological thriller explores the mysteries surrounding a family still reeling from profound tragedy, and the terrifying uncertainty that meets their relocation in a distant country manor.--David Canfield
If you're looking for a mystery to keep you on the edge of your seat, add this electrifying new novel by Evgenia Citkowitz to your reading list.--Caroline Rogers
Spare, arresting, and emotionally precise. A thoroughly modern novel with a Gothic feel; a fully realized vision.
[Citkowitz's] prose sparkles as she unpacks emotional wounds.... This compact family drama captures the thinly masked desperation of grief with an eerie undercurrent.
A dense, powerful novel.--Chloe Schama and Bridget Read
This psychological thriller explores the mysteries surrounding a family still reeling from profound tragedy, and the terrifying uncertainty that meets their relocation in a distant country manor.--David Canfield
If you're looking for a mystery to keep you on the edge of your seat, add this electrifying new novel by Evgenia Citkowitz to your reading list.--Caroline Rogers
Spare, arresting, and emotionally precise. A thoroughly modern novel with a Gothic feel; a fully realized vision.
[Citkowitz's] prose sparkles as she unpacks emotional wounds.... This compact family drama captures the thinly masked desperation of grief with an eerie undercurrent.
