Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller Paperback Book

Description: Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale-from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane Eyre FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Judith is a successful novelist, but shes a little sensitive. Shes from a good family, even if that family favours her more beautiful sister. She loves a drink (or three) but isnt sure if she loves the handsome doctor who is courting her. She yearns for a romance to yield to but remains a virgin. Judith receives visions from the saints.Then Judith meets Gavin, a handsome and charming baron, at a wedding on the Cornish coast. His love transforms her from a plain, lonely girl into a beautiful, glamorous woman overnight. After a whirlwind honeymoon in Paris, he whisks her away to a Gothic castle in the countryside. But soon her perfect marriage begins to fall apart and she finds herself trapped in a nightmare, as her husbands mysterious nature, and his alternation of charm and violence, become more and more confusing and frightening. And then there are those whispers amongst the staff, unsettling rumours from London, and strange rattlings from the crypt... Author Biography Anna Biller is an independent filmmaker. The New York Times called her film The Love Witch "a hothouse filled with deadly and seductive blooms;" Indiewire called it "a spellbinding feminist delight;" and Rotten Tomatoes listed her as one of "The 21 Masters of Horror Shaping the Genre Right Now." The hashtag #thelovewitch has gone viral on Tiktok, with over 72 million views to date. She is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the writers branch, and is represented for her film work by WME. She is currently in talks with production companies about the movie version of Bluebeards Castle. Review Bluebeards Castle [is] . a stylised retelling of the old fable that mixes self-reference and gaudy excess. Its heroine, Judith, a gothic-romance novelist, shacks up in a crumbling castle with a brooding husband; the sex, death and pricy cognac are of a wildly enjoyable piece. -- Cal Revely-Calder, Best Fiction Books of the Year * Telegraph *Both a fantasy and a nightmare ... [Biller] casts a chilling light on the kinds of real-world fairy tales we are all still so often encouraged to believe. -- Elizabeth Dearnley * Times Literary Supplement *A story which is as gripping as it is troubling - and as relevant now as it has ever been. -- Barry Didcock * Herald *Grippingly intense and emotionally resonant, Bluebeards Castle plants the reader firmly in the mind of a woman being masterfully manipulated, stripping bare any clichés and misconceptions about domestic violence. The result is a brutally honest glimpse into the tragedy of intimate partner violence that millions of women around the world have experienced. -- Sirena He * Esquire *To its final page, Bluebeards Castle is as much an excavation of the insidious tactics of abusers as it is the culture that belittles and maligns victims, that teaches them to fix their abusers or suffer the consequences. -- Kylie Cheung * Jezebel *A perfect literary debut for a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. And that cover! -- Sophia Stewart, Most Anticipated Books of 2023 * The Millions *A provocative work that adds layers of meaning as one becomes addicted to this page-turner of a book, Bluebeards Castle is a bit of Alfred Hitchcock mixed with André Bretons Nadja. -- Tosh Berman, author of Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Bermans WorldWritten by the filmmaker of 2016s The Love Witch, this debut novel has a similar romantic haze and a retro hyper-aesthetic swirl.stylish, scary, and peak modern Gothic. -- Maggie Lange, Most Anticipated Books * Bustle *Anna Billers sly feminist dissection of gothic tropes is as lush and layered as her cinema...Biller skillfully portrays the gaslighting and abuse that reduce her heroine to making excuses for her boorish husband. -- Molly Odintz, Most Anticipated Books * CrimeReads *Though the story is set in the present day, Biller paints a beautifully creepy atmosphere full of billowy dresses, darkened woods, burning candles, and castle corridors full of ghosts and secrets. The novels timeless quality helps drive home the unending nature of male violence against women. * Kirkus Reviews *Apparently, theres nothing Biller cant do, because shes bringing her gothic-meets-midcentury-camp aesthetic to the page with Bluebeards Castle, a retelling of the famous fairy tale that also seems to be in conversation with Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca. * BookPage ("Most anticipated mystery and suspense") *Bluebeards Castle is a truly great novel...its a delightful page-turner; multilayered and multi-dimensional. While a book of this nature is a risk in any era, its safe to say that Anna Biller can now add novelist to her sensational register of artistic achievements. * We Are Cult *Equally steeped in the traditions of the Gothic genre and the womens picture, Bluebeards Castle follows a romance novelist, Judith, as shes dragged into a whirlwind marriage with the dangerously charming Gavin. Its horror stems not just from the crumbling and potentially haunted castle, but from the terror of being trapped with a man who is a relative stranger to her. -- Alexandra Coburn * Screen Slate *This gothic thriller cheekily transports readers to a bygone era by drawing heavily upon classic horror movies and literature, utilizing highly stylized language, tropes, and dated gender roles while generating conversation regarding contemporary issues of consent, agency, domestic abuse, and gaslighting. The author contextualizes the self-sabotage that perpetuates toxic relationships, and fans of the authors film The Love Witch (2016) will enjoy this gothic novel. * Booklist *Biller flexes her mastery of pastiche, vividly sumptuous detail, and the subversion of classic female archetypes. In this, her first novel, a tale that begins in the style of gothic romance turns legitimately terrifying, rooted in the all too real fear of sociopathic male violence. -- Rufus Hickok * BUST *[Biller has] given the classic folk tale a feminist makeover. Call it an erotic Jane Eyre - one that both revels in and subverts the genre tropes to explore, among other things, why women like her heroine, Judith, stay in bad relationships with brooding men. * Everything Zoomer *Bluebeards Castle is clever, disquieting, and as rich artistically as it is disciplined-in other words, everything you would expect from Anna Biller. Highly recommended! -- Brian W. Walter, professor, author, and editor of The Guestroom NovelistAnna Billers writing is full and luminous, mirroring the classic fiction of Mary Shelley and Charlotte Brontë--but with a modern bite that keeps readers going back for more. -- Dominic Charles Howarth * Shelf Awareness *[Biller] transforms the gothic narrative and its spaces into a self-reflexive game; her novel offers a humorous and horrific twist on a genre that here grotesquely folds back on itself to reveal and conceal where true intent lies and the actual bodies are buried -- Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou * Worms Magazine *Bluebeards Castle is a sexy but subversive romance novel steeped in Gothic imagery. * The Arts Fuse *A gorgeous, distinctly female gaze-but one unafraid to depict the mainstays of womens suffering, from objectification to assault. -- Chelsea Davis * Electric Literature *Biller plays with the stylings of the eighteenth-century gothic (the origin of so many of our threadbare images of ruined castles, stormy nights, and chain-rattling ghosts), the Brontës nineteenth-century psychodrama, Daphne du Mauriers glamorous mid-century melancholy, and the melodrama of the bodice-ripper romance. -- Sarah Chihaya * Bookforum *At once a lighthearted critique of romance novel conventions and a startling inquiry into the psychology of abuse. -- Matteo Pini * TANK Magazine *Bluebeards Castle is as fun as it is serious, sexy as it is hair-raising, an all too rare bit of contemporary fiction with a bite that deserves much critical praise. -- Andrew Graves * We Belong Dead * Promotional A modern and baroquely subversive take on the classic gothic novel from a visionary filmmaker Details ISBN1804291854 Author Anna Biller Publisher Verso Books Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781804291856 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-10-10 Imprint Verso Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-10-10 UK Release Date 2023-10-10 Pages 384 ISBN-10 1804291854 DEWEY 813.6 Audience General AU Release Date 2024-02-26 Series Verso Fiction We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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