Sarah Waters

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.For with the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the ''clerk class'', the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. And as passions mount and frustration gathers, no one can foresee just how far-reaching, and how devastating, the disturbances will be.This is vintage Sarah Waters: beautifully described with excruciating tension, real tenderness, believable characters, and surprises. It is above all, a wonderful, compelling story.

After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.

Sarah Waters After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.

Un polvoriento día de verano llaman al doctor Faraday a Hundreds Hall, la mansión de los Ayres, en el desolado centro de una Inglaterra de posguerra que está cambiando aceleradamente. Faraday ya había estado alli cuando era un niño y su madre era una de las criadas de la casa. Y se habia colado en las regias habitaciones, y, fascinado por tanta belleza, habia roto una moldura de los artesonados de un corredor y se la habia llevado.Ahora, gracias a los sacrificios de sus padres, es medico, aunque con una posicion social no muy comoda en el rigido sistema de clases ingles, y piensa que esta visita es un golpe de suerte. Pero Hundreds Hall ya no es mas que la sombra de si misma: las tapicerias cuelgan en jirones, la carcoma se ceba en el interior de la casa y las malas hierbas arrasan los jardines. La señora Ayres aun es una señora elegante, que mantiene como puede su dignidad. Roderick, su hijo, ha vuelto de la guerra cojo y enfermo. Se ocupa como puede de la casa y de la hacienda, y va vendiendo las tierras y la familia se va comiendo el capital. Su hermana Caroline, independiente, excentrica y masculina, ha tenido que volver a Hundreds Hall para ayudarlo. Pero los Ayres han llamado al doctor Faraday para que se ocupe de Betty, la joven criada de catorce años, que quiza solo esta enferma de miedo, aterrorizada por aquello que percibe en la casa. Porque siempre son los niños y los animales los primeros en advertir lo siniestro. Y aunque nadie la cree, en Hundreds Hall se oyen ruidos inexplicables, se ven sombras fugaces y marcas de fuego en las paredes, y las cosas mas familiares pueden volverse atrozmente perversas...Una novela estupenda... Una notable incursion en el genero (Miguel Artaza, El Correo Español).Si lo que buscas es un libro-cepo, de esos que te enganchan y de los que no hay quien se zafe hasta el final, hazte con El ocupante de una Sarah Waters grandiosa (Sonia Rueda, 20 Minutos).

The "New York Times" bestseller and Booker Prize contender that "delivers...a ghost story that creeps up your spine" ("Seattle Times"). "One post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive and handsome, is now in decline. Its owners-mother, son, and daughter-are struggling to keep pace with a changing society, as well as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become intimately entwined with his.

A ghost story from one of Britain's finest and best loved writers. The brilliant and chilling new novel from Sarah Waters. Sarah Waters has been shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange prizes and three of her four novels have been adapted for television.

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son and daughter - struggling to keep pace. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.

Londres,1862. Sue Trinder,orfena des que va neixer, creix entre petits lladres sota la tutela de la ruda pero alhora amorosa senyora Sucksby. Ells són la seva "família". Pero des del primer moment de l'existencia de Sue, el seu desti queda lligat a una altra orfena que viu en una tenebrosa mansio, a uns quilometres de casa seva...Una gran historia d'amor en una novel ·la que reelabora, amb molt enginy, els temes classics de la literatura i que critica la moral i la hipocresia sexual victorianes. Una historia magnificament narrada sobre aliances i tracions obscures, amb la qual Sarah Waters posa en evidencia que es ben just que s'hagi guanyat el titol de la "Charles Dickens contemporania "."Una lectura compulsiva."The Times "Waters iguala Wilkie Collins en la intel·ligencia i l'argucia de l'argument. Els girs de les histories estan magnificament aconseguits i son absolutament inesperats." Daily Telegraph "Una mestra de la narracio." Evening Standard

Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller. This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching ...Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret ...Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover ...Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances ...Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the backdrop of feats of heroism both epic and ordinary, here is a novel of relationships that offers up subtle surprises and twists. The Night Watch is thrilling. A towering achievement.

* The Orange Prize short-listed, Booker Prize short-listed, critically adored, third novel from Sarah Waters - reissued in with a stunning new jacket

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