The Enchanted [SIGNED COPY]

Denfeld, Rene

ISBN 10: 0062285505 / ISBN 13: 9780062285508

Published by Harper, New York, 2014

About this Item

Very good in good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'To Marthine, in solidarity' by the author on the second title page. Unknown edition, since the title page appears to have been omitted in a printer's error. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear and fraying. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 237 p. Audience: General/trade. Book has bumped corners. The Prix du Premier Roman Etranger Award, ALA Medal for Excellence, and Carnegie Listing debut novel by the author of 'The Child Finder'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Enchanted [SIGNED COPY]
• Publisher: Harper, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062285505
• ISBN 13: 9780062285508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

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 adoptive mother. She is the author of the novels The Butterfly Girl, The Child Finder, and The Enchanted. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the French Prix du Premier Roman Etranger, and the New York Times named her a 2017 hero of the year. She lives in Portland, Oregon.