The Quiet Woman (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean and bright copy.
A taut and unsettling work of psychological suspense, The Quiet Woman chronicles the story of Alice Stockton, a successful novelist whose life is thrown into turmoil when a disturbed woman from her past begins to stalk and systematically disrupt her existence. Christopher Priest constructs the narrative with cool, precise prose that mirrors the creeping dread at the heart of the story, blurring the boundaries between reality, obsession, and identity. The novel presents a sharp and intelligent examination of the nature of privacy, creativity, and the dark undercurrents that can run beneath seemingly ordinary lives. Priest illustrates how the intrusion of an unstable mind can unravel even the most carefully ordered world, building tension with quiet, methodical menace rather than overt melodrama. Fans of literary psychological fiction will find this a masterfully crafted and deeply thought-provoking read.
Author: Christopher Priest
Format: Hardback
Published: 1990, Bloomsbury
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean and bright copy.
A taut and unsettling work of psychological suspense, The Quiet Woman chronicles the story of Alice Stockton, a successful novelist whose life is thrown into turmoil when a disturbed woman from her past begins to stalk and systematically disrupt her existence. Christopher Priest constructs the narrative with cool, precise prose that mirrors the creeping dread at the heart of the story, blurring the boundaries between reality, obsession, and identity. The novel presents a sharp and intelligent examination of the nature of privacy, creativity, and the dark undercurrents that can run beneath seemingly ordinary lives. Priest illustrates how the intrusion of an unstable mind can unravel even the most carefully ordered world, building tension with quiet, methodical menace rather than overt melodrama. Fans of literary psychological fiction will find this a masterfully crafted and deeply thought-provoking read.