Rupert Thomson

Strhující příběh navazuje velice osobitým způsobem na dlouhou tradici, jež se v anglické literatuře vine od gotického románu až po Sběratele či Mága Johna Fowlese. Kniha zjevení je příběh sexuálního zneužití, ale též izolace, ztráty vlastní identity a jejího bolestného hledání. Román je napsán svěžím jazykem, nabízí četná čtenářská překvapení a kromě thrillerového pobavení nutí čtenáře k hlubšímu zamyšlení.

Před první světovou válkou se v provinčním francouzském městečku potkávají dvě mladé ženy. Talentovanou malířku Suzanne naprosto okouzlí geniální, ale problémová Lucie. Rozvine se mezi nimi tajný milostný poměr. Záhy dojde k neuvěřitelnému zvratu, když se matka jedné z nich provdá za otce té druhé. Jako „sestry“ se přesouvají do Paříže a pod změněnými jmény – Claude Cahun a Marcel Moore – pronikají do nejoslnivějších společenských kruhů a stýkají se s Hemingwayem, Bretonem, Dalím...

It is winter, somewhere in the United Kingdom, and an eight-year-old boy is removed from his home and family in the middle of the night. He learns that he is the victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each representing a different personality type. The land, too, has been divided into quarters. Borders have been established, reinforced by concrete walls, armed guards and rolls of razor wire. Plunged headlong into this brave new world, the boy tries to make the best of things, unaware that ahead of him lies a truly explosive moment, a revelation that will challenge everything he believes in and will, in the end, put his very life in jeopardy.

It is winter, somewhere in the United Kingdom, and an eight-year-old boy is removed from his home and family in the middle of the night. He learns that he is the victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each representing a different personality type. The land, too, has been divided into quarters. Borders have been established, reinforced by concrete walls, armed guards and rolls of razor wire. Plunged headlong into this brave new world, the boy tries to make the best of things, unaware that ahead of him lies a truly explosive moment, a revelation that will challenge everything he believes in and will, in the end, put his very life in jeopardy.

It is winter, somewhere in the United Kingdom, and an eight-year-old boy is removed from his home and family in the middle of the night. He learns that he is the victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each representing a different personality type. The land, too, has been divided into quarters. Borders have been established, reinforced by concrete walls, armed guards and rolls of razor wire. Plunged headlong into this brave new world, the boy tries to make the best of things, unaware that ahead of him lies a truly explosive moment, a revelation that will challenge everything he believes in and will, in the end, put his very life in jeopardy.