She suffers occasional blackouts, yet there is no medical explanation. Two years later, she came out with another novel, come closer. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Slade has a long history with the horror genre, having helmed 30 days of. Would love to read this book but didnt realise it was in german.
A memo to her boss thats replaced by obscene insults. Come closer by sara gran a recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. Review of come closer by sara gran midnight author. I read come closer on the train, in a snowstorm, on a cold december night. This book was billed as one of the years scariest novel. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that shes doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. Sara gran is the author of saturns return to new york, come closer, dope, as well as two previous novels featuring claire dewitt. That is because sara grans come closer gives a fictional yet hella convincing first person account of the one thing guaranteed to scare me out of my brainpan. Come closer shows the extreme form of a woman who refuses her roles in life and loses any fear of consequences, feels no obligations and doesnt adhere to moral or ethical principles. Not everything is going to have the same impact on every, single reader because we all come to the story with so much baggagepreferences, worldviews, triggers, perspectives, pet peeves, history, so much baggage. Author sara gran writes with scalpellike clarity, expertly blending tones to create a new kind of psychological thriller. Sara gran recombines all the elements of good, solid storytelling and lifts something original from a wellloved form.
Its impossible to begin this intense, clever, beautifully written novel without turning every page. Sara gran has written more than a dark fiction about demon possession, she wrote a book about the female psyche, about the impulse of civilized people to do harm to those we love and those we dont. Seriously, who write such tiny books a 168 pages, thats all what you get folks. Her spare style sets the perfect tone for this grownup ghost story of a. Come closer is a pretty standard demonpossession story featuring unremarkable characters doing fairly mundane things as far as demonpossession narratives go, but in spite or perhaps because of that, i found it pretty engrossing. On june 19, 2018, gran announced that the infinite blacktop, her third claire dewitt novel, would be. Sara gran grew up in brooklyn and graduated from tufts university with a b. Come closer a recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. So claims the beguiling narrator of come closer, and after reading this spare and menacing tale, the reader has to agree. It helps that its short slightly more than a hundred pages, and cut into bitesize chunks and it. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and as many languages. Buy the paperback book come closer by sara gran at indigo. Come closer book by sara gran half price books marketplace.
She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that shes doing. If everything in amandas life is so perfect, then why the mood swings. Review come closer by sara gran thats what she read. Sara gran is the author of the novels saturns return to new york, dope, and claire dewitt and the city of the dead, the first in a detective series. Born in brooklyn, sara lived in new york city until 2004.
Told from the pov of the possessed amanda, we experience the decline of the world as she knows it, from her initial concerns about something not being quite right. Amanda is happily married to ed, works as an architect, and likes her life. Her novel claire dewitt and the city of the dead is the first in a series. For me, sara gran touches on a subject that hits very close to home. Noch einen wimpernschlag zuvor schien amandas leben vollig in ordnung. Come closer movie coming from director david slade film. Come closer by sara gran overdrive rakuten overdrive. After reading sara grans excellent saturns return to new york i couldnt wait to read her latest, come closer. Her work has been published in more than a dozen countries.
If everything in amandas life is so perfect, then why the mood swings, the obscene thoughts. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and in nearly twice as many magazines, newspapers, and literary journals. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and in nearly twice as many magazines, new. Her first novel, saturns return to new york, was published in 2001, and is being currently being developed into a film. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read come closer. Amandaa successful architect in a happy marriagefinds her life going off kilter by degrees. Sara gran is the author of claire dewitt and the city of the dead 3. Come closer has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Sue grafton i just burned through claire dewitt and the city of the dead, and its the first truly fantastic book ive read this year. She also writes for film and television and has been published in the new york times, the new orleans times picayune. I read come closer in less than a day, not because it was amazing and could not put it down but because i had to get over with it in order to move to a more substantial book. Sullivan freud believed that unheimlich or the uncanny is a much more fertile province in fiction than in real life, for it contains the whole of the latter and something more besides, something that cannot be. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need. A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment.
Great literary horror is few and far between, so when my friends at goodreads started raving about a book called come closer, i had to read it. The book starts on a great notesuggesting the horror that is to come, while also displaying grans skills as a humorist. Sara gran is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, including come closer and dope as well as the claire dewitt series. Sara grans come closer ought to carry a warning to readers. Gran is the author of a number of novels including come closer and dope. Sara grans delectably creepy novel come closer is getting the big screen treatment, thanks to filmmaker david slade. I guess stephen king and dan simmons kind of spoiled me. Come closer npr coverage of come closer by sara gran. Sara gran author of claire dewitt and the city of the dead. Buy come closer by gran, sara from amazons fiction books store. Amandaa successful architect in a happy marriagefinds her life. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This is the first fresh literary voice ive heard in years. A book on demon possession suggests that the figure on the shore could be the demon naamah, known to scholars of the kabbalah as the.