{"product_id":"melmoth-paperback","title":"Melmoth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Perry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent--\u003c\/em\u003esoon to be an Apple TV+ Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Masterful...scary and smart, working as a horror story but also a philosophical inquiry into the nature of will and love. Perry did as much in her richly praised novel \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent, \u003c\/em\u003e but this is a deeper, more complex novel and more rewarding.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMelmoth\u003c\/em\u003e, Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e, a mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe for centuries, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history's darkest waters--and now, it is heading in our direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor centuries, a mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history's darkest waters--and now, in Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent, \u003c\/em\u003e it is heading in our direction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, unpronounced sanctuary. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth hunts her prey through the ages, dooming those she captures to the damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, unaware, as Helen wanders the cobblestone streets, she is being watched. And then Karel disappears . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding an unforgettable cast of characters--among them Helen and her circle in contemporary Prague; a young woman in 1930s Cairo; a junior Ottoman bureaucrat during World War I; a child in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia; a young man caring for his severely ill brother in a Manila hospital; and a desperate refugee from central Africa, precariously seeking shelter in 2017 London--Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting novel of Gothic dread and moral struggle, a masterpiece of suspense, reckoning, and incandescent midnight. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail (UK)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor centuries, a mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history's darkest waters--and now, in Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent, \u003c\/em\u003e it is heading in our direction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been years since Helen Franklin left England. 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And then Karel disappears . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding an unforgettable cast of characters--among them Helen and her circle in contemporary Prague; a young woman in 1930s Cairo; a junior Ottoman bureaucrat during World War I; a child in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia; a young man caring for his severely ill brother in a Manila hospital; and a desperate refugee from central Africa, precariously seeking shelter in 2017 London--Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting novel of Gothic dread and moral struggle, a masterpiece of suspense, reckoning, and incandescent midnight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724795809855,"sku":"9780062856401","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3f17633ac1cb2680e149b5d03865f7cc.webp?v=1765103949","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/melmoth-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}