Enchanted

Rene Denfeld

ISBN 10: 0062285505 / ISBN 13: 9780062285508

Published by Harper March 2014, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Enchanted
• Publisher: Harper March 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062285505
• ISBN 13: 9780062285508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy

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Synopsis

A wondrous and redemptive debut novel, set in a stark world where evil and magic coincide, The Enchanted combines the empathy and lyricism of Alice Sebold with the dark, imaginative power of Stephen King.

"This is an enchanted place. Others don’t see it, but I do." The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him, weaving a fantastical story of the people he observes and the world he inhabits. Fearful and reclusive, he senses what others cannot. Though bars confine him every minute of every day, he marries visions of golden horses running beneath the prison, heat flowing like molten metal from their backs with the devastating violence of prison life.

Two outsiders venture here: a fallen priest and the Lady, an investigator who searches for buried information from prisoners’ pasts that can save those soon-to-be-executed. Digging into the background of a killer named York, she uncovers wrenching truths that challenge familiar notions of victim and criminal, innocence and guilt, honesty and corruption—ultimately revealing shocking secrets of her own.

Beautiful and transcendent, The Enchanted reminds us of how our humanity connects us all, and how beauty and love exist even amidst the most nightmarish reality.

About the Author

Rene Denfeld is a bestselling author, licensed death row investigator, and foster and adoptive mother. She is the author of the novels The Enchanted, The Child Finder, The Butterfly Girl, and Sleeping Giants. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the French Prix du Premier Roman Étranger, and in 2017 The New York Times named her for heroism of the year. She lives in Portland, Oregon.