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Martine Desjardins

Auteur de Maleficium

8 oeuvres 89 utilisateurs 8 critiques

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Œuvres de Martine Desjardins

Maleficium (2009) 51 exemplaires
La chambre verte (2016) 12 exemplaires
Cercle de Clara Le (1997) 10 exemplaires
A Covenant of Salt (2005) 5 exemplaires
All That Glitters (2003) 5 exemplaires
Medusa (Italian Edition) (2022) 2 exemplaires
Méduse 2 exemplaires

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Todas las casas tienen sus pequeños secretos, pero algunas los protegen con más ahínco que otras. Durante años, los engaños y vilezas de la familia Delorme han sido celosamente custodiados por las robustas paredes de su hogar, una mansión gótica situada en Mont-Royal, a las afueras de Montreal. Tras sus sesenta y siete cerraduras, el edificio ha ocultado las historias más perturbadoras de sus habitantes. Sin embargo, todas ellas saldrán a la luz con la irrupción de la intrigante y hermosa Penny Sterling. Con su llegada se desvelarán los pecados de los Delorme, incluyendo los cometidos en la habitación abovedada conocida como «la cámara verde», donde se esconde el espeluznante cuerpo de una mujer momificada que sujeta entre los dientes un ladrillo con una moneda de plata.… (plus d'informations)
 
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bibliotecayamaguchi | Mar 8, 2018 |
This book was not as exciting as I thought it was going to be -- WWI and treasure hunting. But it's very difficult to pull off the "National Treasure" tone. However, it was a good and quick read. I appreciated Lt. Peakes as a character bound in iron, but I was a bit irked that there was no reason as to why Dulac was so inexplicably lucky.
 
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Court09 | Apr 1, 2014 |
Written very much in the dark and twisted tradition of Guy de Maupassant, Maleficium creates a single story comprised of eight short stories, all charged with sexual deviance, repression, greed and pretty much the embodiment of the seven deadly sins, save for murder. It is exotic and reveals an extraordinary imagination. For lovers of dark erotica, this is your drug.

Which is to say, I am a lover of none of these things, and hence this review may be coloured by that prejudice.

That aside, the translation is deftly handled, balancing an homage to 19th century writers of dark fiction, and modern sensibilities of literary style. Martine Desjardins herself demonstrates impeccable historical research and an understanding of a variety of arts and trades, so that details of the various artifacts and arts, so lustily pursued by our seven protagonists, form a credible backdrop.

Overall, a haunting read which lingers like the dark euphoria of an opiate.
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fiverivers | 5 autres critiques | Mar 23, 2014 |
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I really enjoyed this book, though I found it rather terrifying. Each chapter introduced a horror more awful than the one before, culminating in an absolutely shocking revelation in the last chapter.

I would recommend this book for those who enjoy colonial-era adventure stories, and for fans of the macabre, especially of an old-timey scientific bent.
 
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wosret | 5 autres critiques | Mar 6, 2013 |

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Œuvres
8
Membres
89
Popularité
#207,492
Évaluation
½ 3.6
Critiques
8
ISBN
24
Langues
1

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