J. Nicole Jones The Witches of Bellinas recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de eerste gothic novel van de Amerikaanse schrijfster. Op 14 mei 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Catapult de gothic novel en eerste roman van de Amerikaanse schrijfster J. Nicole Jones. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.
J. Nicole Jones The Witches of Bellinas recensie
Mocht er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnen van The Witches of Bellinas, de roman van schrijfster J. Nicole Jones, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.
- “Jones’s lyrical yet ominous prose affects a bewitching vibe of its own (‘Don’t believe those who say that the fog is just fog . . . that the thunderheads worn by nearby mountain peaks are merely weather’). Readers will find this haunting tale is tough to shake.” (Publishers Weekly)
- “At the intersection of the supernatural and simple human ugliness, The Witches of Bellinas gives its readers chills and thrills along with a profound sense of wrongs done, but no heroes or villains. This is a novel for anyone who’s wondered if the picturesque might be too good to be true.” (Shelf Awareness)
The Witches of Bellinas
- Auteur: J. Nicole Jones (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: gothic novel, debuutroman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Catapult
- Verschijnt: 14 mei 2024
- Omvang: 240 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $27,00 / $14,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de gothic novel van J. Nicole Jones
A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her marriage, only to be swept up in a hedonistic cult that isn’t what it seems.
Tansy and her husband Guy are the newest arrivals in Bellinas, a lush oasis tucked into the coast of northern California where a reclusive, creative community is beginning to take shape. Helmed by Guy’s cousin Mia, a famous model -turned -wellness -luminary, and her tech mogul husband, the group renounces the outside world in pursuit of purity, fashioning their own rules about what to eat and how to live.
Everything seems perfect in Bellinas: food is abundant, flowers are always in bloom, and nearby wildfires leave the town remarkably unscathed. While Guy is happy in their new lives, Tansy becomes more and more suspicious of the community and increasingly desperate to save her already-fragile marriage. And as lonely women have throughout the ages, she wants to believe in what may only be a beautiful lie.
The Witches of Bellinas unfolds as a confession from Tansy, filled with anguish over the life, and sense of self, she’s surrendered in her desperation to belong. In J. Nicole Jones’s clever reimagining of cult power and groupthink, the question isn’t why join, but rather, what happens when you understand the danger, but can’t conceive of a way out?