Edward Carey

NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse--and the mysterious figure who threatens the theater's very survival The year is 1901. England's beloved queen has died, and her aging son has finally taken the throne. In the eastern city of Norwich, bright and inquisitive young Edith Holler spends her days among the boisterous denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave its confines. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, she decides to write a play of her own: a stage adaptation of the legend of Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy known as Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar, imposing woman named Margaret Unthank, heir to the actual Beetle Spread fortune, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play--the one thing that's truly hers--from the newcomer's sinister designs. Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by the author's trademark fantastical illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control--and to reveal inconvenient truths about the way children are used.

Pokhmura istorija pro mistetstvo, klas, rishuchist i te, jak mi trimajemosja za te, scho ljubimo, dlja shanuvalnikiv Tima Bertona, Genri Selika, Bruno Shultsa j Edvarda Gori.1761 rik. U shvejtsarskomu seli z'javilasja na svit krikhitna divchinka na im'ja Mari, navit ne pidozrjujuchi, jaki viprobuvannja pidgotuvalo jij zhittja. Divna, ale nadzvichajno obdarovana ditina, scho rano vtratila batkiv, znajomitsja iz ne mensh ekstsentrichnim vchitelem - majstrom voskovikh skulptur, jakij vidkrivaje dlja neji svit parizkogo zhittja. Ale v toj chas, koli skulpturi Mari, vidkrivajut jij dveri Versalju, de vona staje nastavnitseju printsesi i dopomagaje Mariji-Antuanetti zberegti zhittja pid chas pologiv - svit okhopljuje revoljutsija: natovpi stajut dedali guchnishimi, vimagajuchi zmin... i goliv. Jak vizhiti u viri zhorstokosti i khaosu j chi zdatne mistetstvo, scho daruje bezsmertja svojemu majstru, stati najsilnishoju zbrojeju v chas, koli zhittja vtrachaje svoju tsinu? "Mala" - tse khimerna istorija vid majstra magichnogo realizmu Edvarda Keri pro silu mistetstva, ljudsku vinakhidlivist, zdatnist vizhivati i pro te, scho navit najmenshi z nas zdatni stati velikimi legendami.

Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs. Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny.

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 'Wonderful' Max Porter 'Unmissable' Olga Tokarczuk 'Startlingly original' Times Book of the Year There is a space between life and death: it's called waxworks. Born in Alsace in 1761, the diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed 'Little'. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employment in the household of reclusive anatomist Dr Curtius. Soon the eccentric doctor takes an interest in his odd companion, and he begins to instruct her in the fine art of wax modelling, changing the course of her life. From the gutters of pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles, from clutching the still-warm heads of the Terror to finding something very like love, Little traces the improbable fortunes of a blood-stained crumb of a thing who went on to be the renowned Madame Tussaud. MORE PRAISE FOR LITTLE: 'Visceral, vivid and moving' GUARDIAN 'A remarkable achievement' SUNDAY TIMES'Don't miss eccentric charmer' MARGARET ATWOOD 'Absolutely brilliant' SUSAN HILL 'Mesmerising' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'A tale as moving as it is macabre' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Darkly fascinating' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Cinematic in scope' TLS 'Poignant and absorbing' LITERARY REVIEW 'Clever and intriguing' DAILY MAIL 'Rich in deadpan wit and surgically precise observation' A. L. KENNEDY 'Wonderfully weird' CELESTE NG

A witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival, from the author of Little 'Extraordinary... funny, troubling, playful, magical and vastly energetic' A. L. Kennedy Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs. Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny.

From the legends of King Arthur embedded in the rocky splendour of Tintagel to the folklore and mysticism of Stonehenge, English Heritage sites are often closely linked to native English myths. Following on from the bestselling ghost story anthology Eight Ghosts, this new collection of stories inspired by the legends and tales that swirl through the history of eight ancient historical sites. Including an essay by James Kidd on the importance of myth to our landscape and our fiction, and an English Heritage survey of sites and associated legends, These Our Monsters is an evocative collection that brings new voices and fresh creative alchemy to our story-telling heritage. Author and atmospheric locations include: Edward Carey - Bury St Edmunds AbbeySarah Hall - Castlerigg and other stone circlesPaul Kingsnorth - StonehengeAlison MacLeod - Down HouseGraeme Macrae Burnet - Whitby AbbeySarah Moss - Berwick CastleFiona Mozley - Carlisle CastleAdam Thorpe - Tintagel Castle With original black-and-white illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins

'An extraordinary achievement' A. L. Kennedy‘An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups.’ The GuardianEdward Carey's witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse – and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival. Norwich, 1901. Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play – the one thing that’s truly hers – from the newcomer’s sinister designs. Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey’s trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman’s struggle to escape her family’s control and craft her own creative destiny.

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDS 2019 A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year, Little tells the extraordinary story of a singular, diminutive crumb of a servant girl turned entertainment mogul. 'A startlingly original novel' Times Born in Alsace in 1761, the unsightly, diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed 'Little'. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employmet in Bern, Switzerland, under the charge of reclusive anatomist, Dr Curtius. In time the unlikely pair form an unlikely bond, and together they pursue an unusual passion: the fine art of wax-modelling. Forced to flee their city, the doctor and his protegee head for the seamy streets of Paris where they open an exhibition hall for their uncanny creations. Though revolution approaches, the curious-minded flock to see the wax heads, eager to scrutinise the faces of royalty and reprobates alike. At 'The Cabinet of Doctor Curtius', heads are made, heads are displayed, and a future is built from wax. From the gutters of pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles, from casting the still-warm heads of The Terror to finding something very like love, Little is the unforgettable story of how a 'bloodstained crumb of a girl' went on to shape the world...

Skruvad och kärleksfull roman om Pinocchios pappaEn dag, efter ett stort bråk, rymmer Pinocchio hemifrån. Hans pappa ger sig ut för att leta efter honom och hamnar till slut vid kusten. Där blir han svald av en enorm havsvarelse och landar i vidundrets mage. Uppslukad av sina egna skuldkänslor stannar pappan kvar i djupet, väntandes på den dagen han kan försonas med sin son. De flesta känner till historien om träfiguren Pinocchio vars näsa blir längre när han ljuger. I vidundrets mage handlar om Geppetto - Pinocchios pappa - och hur han tillbringar två år i magen på ett havsmonster, den dagbok han skrev där och den underliga närvaro som finns bredvid honom i dunklet. Det är en charmig och skruvad roman om föräldraskap, förlust och konsten att släppa taget. "En vacker, lekfull och sorglig berättelse /.../ Det är en säregen liten betraktelse över skapande, föräldraskap, ensamhet och kärlek, värd att läsa om och om igen." - Dagens Nyheter"I vidundrets mage kan läsas som en förlängd metafor om konstens kraft. Eller så är det kanske bara en egendomlig och hypnotiserande berättelse om en man som är fast inuti en fisk." - The Times "Till den starka läsupplevelsen bidrar också Careys egna illustrationer som går i en mörk, makaber och ibland skräckliknande stil. I vidundrets mage är en egensinnig, fantasirik och överraskande roman. (Betyg 4)" - BTJ-häftet 18/2022, David BjörklundEdward Carey är författare, dramatiker och konstnär. Han har gjort de fantastiska illustrationerna i sin roman Petite, som kom ut på svenska 2020, och i nya I vidundrets mage. Carey är född i England och bor i Austin, USA.

'Haunting. Geppetto's voice, full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation, is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate.' - Sunday Times 'Profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' - Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy 'A re-imagining of Pinocchio, told from the viewpoint of the beast-entrapped Geppetto, it surprise and delights, and saddens and gladdens, from start to finish.' - Jane Graham I am writing this account, in another man's book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish. I have been eaten. I have been eaten, yet I am living still. 'Art objects live in the belly of this marvellous novel, images swallowed by text, sustained by a sublime and loving imagination. Like all Edward Carey's work The Swallowed Man is profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' Max Porter 'Strange and lovely' Rhik Samadder 'A beautiful and dark meditation on fatherhood, mercy, redemption and the alchemy of isolation. Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' A. L. Kennedy From the acclaimed author of Little comes this beautiful and haunting imagining of the years Geppetto spends within the belly of a sea beast. Drawing upon the Pinocchio story while creating something entirely his own, Carey tells an unforgettable tale of fatherly love and loss, pride and regret, and of the sustaining power of art and imagination.

'I blame the pencil. I hadn't meant to do it. I wasn't thinking. It just happened that way.' In March 2020, as lockdowns were imposed around the world, author and illustrator Edward Carey published a sketch on social media with a plan to keep posting a drawing a day from his family home in Austin, Texas, until life returned to normal. One hundred and fifty pencil stubs later, he was still drawing. Carey's hand moved with world events, chronicling pandemic and politics. It reached into the past, taking inspiration from history, and escaped grim reality through flights of vivid imagination and studies of the natural world. The drawings became a way of charting time, of moving forward, and maintaining connection at a time of isolation. This remarkable collection of words and drawings from the acclaimed author of Little and The Swallowed Man charts a tumultuous year in pencil, finding beauty amid the horror of extraordinary times.

Historia y desventuras de una peque a criada llamada Little, que m s tarde se convirti en la famosa Madame Tussaud. Una novela hist rica, m gica y tremendamente adictiva que sigue la vida de Little, que pas de ser una peque a sirvienta a la mayor artista de la cera de todos los tiempos, pasando por amiga de la realeza y pieza clave en la Revoluci n Francesa " No te pierdas este libro excentrico pero encantador Narrado por la mism sima Madame Tussaud, maestra de la cera, recorre su vida a trav s de varias pocas, incluida la Revoluci n Francesa, tiempo de esplendor para las cabezas." MARGARET ATWOOD "Entre Dickens y David Lynch, pasando por Defoe y Tim Burton." THE NEW YORK TIMES ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself." --Gregory Maguire, New York Times-bestselling author of Wicked The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. In the tradition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, Edward Carey's Little is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel--a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love. LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDS 2019 'A startlingly original novel' ― Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Förtrollande roman om vaxmodeller och revolution i 1700-talets Paris Petite är berättelsen om Marie Grosholtz, en föräldralös piga som med tiden blir Madame Tussaud. Historien spänner från 1761 till 1850 och tar oss med på en äventyrlig och brokig livsresa. Marie får tidigt smeknamnet Petite som kommer att följa henne genom livet. Hon växer upp med den excentriske läkaren Curtius som lär henne att göra vaxmodeller av kroppsdelar. Hennes konstnärlighet och känsla för hantverket kommer att ta henne från skapandet av anatomiska vaxmodeller till hovet i Versailles, vidare till ett turbulent Paris under revolutionen, och slutligen till London och det vaxmuseum vi känner än idag. Romanen Petite är löst baserad på Madame Tussauds liv. Det är en fascinerande berättelse om en liten människa som står mitt i de stora världshändelserna. Hon möter historiska personer som Marie-Antoinette och upplysningsmannen Rousseau, och hamnar i ett Paris där huvuden rullar. Petite är en excentrisk, intelligent och välskriven roman. Den är morbid och grotesk, sorglig och humoristisk, varm och innerlig allt på samma gång. Helt enkelt en oförglömlig läsupplevelse om en vanlig flicka som lämnar ett ovanligt arv. "En helt galen, underbar ... en helt fantastisk bok! Den är så otroligt läsvärd och alldeles alldeles underbar!" - Monica Lindgren, Go'kväll "Omtumlande och underhållande." - Maria Näslund, Tara "När mörkret sänker sig över oss, är det gott att ha ett läsäventyr att fly in i. Edward Careys Petite är just en sådan ljuvlig romanpärla; underhållande, härligt livsbejakande, lärorik, och brittiskt excentrisk." - Yukiko Duke, Vi Läser "Vackert, makabert och fascinerande" - Annina Rabe, Expressen"Udda och fascinerande roman om madame Tussaud innan hon blev madame Tussaud." - Dagens Nyheter"Petite är en ovanlig betraktelse, ett annat sätt att se människor. Efteråt ruskar man sig förvånat: vad var det som hände? Och världen ser lite annorlunda ut." - Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter "Makaber, rolig, rörande och livsbejakande." - The Times"Det låter helt absurt att säga att Petite förändrade min bild av franska revolutionen, men det gjorde den faktiskt, i en vindlande, spännande berättelse." - Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter"Denna bladvändare, som löst bygger på vaxskulptören Madame Tussauds liv, är annorlunda, gripande, makaber och oupphörligt fascinerande, skriven med stor kännedom om tidsepok och plats. Översättningen är mycket fin. Författaren, född 1970, har också gjort de många utsökta teckningarna. Petite är en ovanlig pärla." - Eva Lundgren, BTJ-häftet #19/2020 (betyg 4) "Som om Charles Dickens gjorde en bok av en Wes Anderson-film." - Läsare på Goodreads Edward Carey är författare, dramatiker och konstnär. Han har bland annat gjort de fantastiska illustrationerna i Petite. Carey är född i England och bor i Austin, USA.

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'Haunting. Geppetto's voice, full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation, is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate.' - Sunday Times 'Profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' - Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy I am writing this account, in another man's book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish. I have been eaten. I have been eaten, yet I am living still. From the acclaimed author of Little comes this beautiful and haunting imagining of the years Geppetto spends within the belly of a sea beast. Drawing upon the Pinocchio story while creating something entirely his own, Carey tells an unforgettable tale of fatherly love and loss, pride and regret, and of the sustaining power of art and imagination.

From the legends of King Arthur embedded in the rocky splendour of Tintagel to the folklore and mysticism of Stonehenge, English Heritage sites are often closely linked to native English myths. Following on from the bestselling ghost story anthology Eight Ghosts, this new collection of stories inspired by the legends and tales that swirl through the history of eight ancient historical sites. Including an essay by James Kidd on the importance of myth to our landscape and our fiction, and an English Heritage survey of sites and associated legends, These Our Monsters is an evocative collection that brings new voices and fresh creative alchemy to our story-telling heritage. Author and atmospheric locations include: Edward Carey - Bury St Edmunds AbbeySarah Hall - Castlerigg and other stone circlesPaul Kingsnorth - StonehengeAlison MacLeod - Down HouseGraeme Macrae Burnet - Whitby AbbeySarah Moss - Berwick CastleFiona Mozley - Carlisle CastleAdam Thorpe - Tintagel Castle With original black-and-white illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE "An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself." --Gregory Maguire, New York Times-bestselling author of Wicked The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. In the tradition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, Edward Carey's Little is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel--a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love.