The Panopticon

THE BOLD NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PANOPTICON, LUCKENBOOTH AND OOTLIN'Wondrously clever, imaginative and slyly satirical ... a fierce talent' The Times'A scorching meditation on being human'Financial Times'A glorious, garrulous gallimaufry of a novel'The Herald'Fizzes with impatience, invention and humour' Guardian'Fagan is a one-off'The Scotsman'1984 for the afterlife' Irvine WelshEdi is facing a disciplinary since her 'incident' at work. Forty-seven years in Admin processing the newly dead is not how she foresaw eternity.In Arrivals, the newly dead must take the stages in order: first, extract delusion; second, answer HR's questionnaire truthfully. Yet who among them can truly face who they are? Who may never pass at all? As leaderboard numbers begin to rise at unprecedented rates, rumours begin to fly. Humans are about to become a banned race. The earth is going to be repossessed.As chaos descends, Edi hopes this might finally be the moment she has waited for, so she might see her son again who she was forced to leave on Earth when she died. Edi wants to be the one waiting for him, even if HR protocols forbid it. Looking out at the millions of newly dead arriving, Edi has one question - what might any of us truly be willing to do for those we love at the doors of eternity?Against a spectacular backdrop of stars, constellations and comets, a mass extinction event begins to unfurl watched by the entire universe as Processing, the largest soul terminus in existence, decides it is now time to take matters wholly back into its own hands. With reflections on love, defiance and light, The Delusions is a story of profound human connection, on an unprecedented scale.'Outstanding'Lemn Sissay'Awe-inspiring' Kirstin Innes'Bold and brilliant' Jess Kidd'Wholly wondrous' Niall Griffiths

'Ein wutentbrannter Donnerschlag, der die Mythen in Stücke reißt, die dem männlichen Machterhalt dienen' Daily MailEdinburgh, 4. Dezember 1591. Es ist die letzte Nacht im Leben von Geillis Duncan: Als Hexe verurteilt, in einem Verlies tief unter der High Street von Edinburgh, weiß sie, dass der Henker sie erwartet. Da erscheint eine geheimnisvolle Besucherin in der Zelle: Iris, die behauptet, sie käme aus einer Zukunft, in der Frauen immer noch dafür verfolgt werden, wer sie sind und woran sie glauben. Während die Stunden vergehen und die Morgendämmerung heraufzieht, erzählt Geillis von ihrer Verhaftung, der brutalen Folter, ihrem Geständnis und dem Prozess, während Iris ihr Trost spendet.Basierend auf historischen Tatsachen zeigt uns 'HEXE' schonungslos, was passiert, wenn eine Gesellschaft von Angst, Aberglauben und Misstrauen geprägt ist, und wie der unnachgiebig und mit brutaler Gewalt geführte Feldzug eines Königs gegen Frauen bis in die Gegenwart hinein spürbar ist.

***Jenni Fagan's new novel The Delusions is available now***<BR><BR>A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE<BR><BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION<BR><BR>'One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years'<BR>IRVINE WELSH<BR><BR>'[A] weird and wonderful gothic confection'<BR>GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'An audacious statement and a terrific read'<BR>TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT<BR><BR>'Dazzlingly ambitious'<BR>DOUGLAS STUART<BR><BR>'Gloriously transgressive'<BR>IAN RANKIN<BR><BR>1910, Edinburgh. Jessie, the devil's daughter, arrives on the doorstep of an imposing tenement building and knocks on a freshly painted wooden door. She has been sent by her father to bear a child for a wealthy couple, but, when things go wrong, she places a curse on the building and all who live there - and it lasts a century.<BR><BR>Caught in the crossfire are the residents of 10 Luckenbooth Close, and they all have their own stories to tell. While the world outside is changing, inside, the curse creeps up all nine floors and through each door. Soon, the building's longest kept secret - the truth of what happened to Jessie - will finally be heard.<BR><BR>'She writes unlike any other author of her generation'<BR>THE SCOTSMAN<BR><BR>'Bracingly good ... defies any sort of neat description'<BR>FINANCIAL TIMES<BR><BR>'Poetic, high-octane, punchy'<BR>SUNDAY TIMES<BR><BR>'Seedy, sexy and strange'<BR>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH<BR><BR>'Absolutely outstanding'<BR>KIRSTIN INNES

La fine del mondo è vicina. È l'inverno più freddo che si sia registrato da secoli. Le temperature stanno precipitando, a Gerusalemme nevica, un iceberg sta per raggiungere le coste della Gran Bretagna, la gente muore assiderata, chi può fugge da Londra in cerca di un clima più mite. Dylan invece prende un autobus diretto a nord, sulle Highlands scozzesi. Alle spalle si lascia il piccolo cinema di Soho che gestiva e dove ha sempre vissuto finché sono arrivati i creditori. E finché sua madre e sua nonna sono morte, lasciandogli due urne e un vuoto incolmabile. In Scozia, in un caravan park nella comunità di Clachan Fells, Dylan incontra Constance, una donna forte che sfida a testa alta le convenzioni sociali, e la figlia Stella, dodici anni e un corpo che non sente più suo. Insieme, sotto le luci dell'aurora boreale, ritrovano i gesti di una semplice, rassicurante quotidianità e apprendono dell'esistenza di un'isola al largo della Norvegia, dove un gruppo di monaci, i pellegrini del sole, sopravvivono nutrendosi dei pallidi raggi solari. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.