How Can I Help You
- 224 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
Taut and compelling, How Can I Help You explores the dark side of human nature and the dangerous pull of artistic obsession....
Laura Sims Knihy
Laura Sims píše s naléhavostí a pronikavým vhledem do psychiky postav. Její díla, často charakterizovaná jako znepokojivá a mrazivá, zkoumají temné stránky lidské touhy a posedlosti. Sims mistrně kombinuje napětí s precizním jazykem, čímž čtenáře vtahuje do klaustrofobických světů svých protagonistů. Její próza je pozoruhodná svou schopností odhalovat skryté hrůzy pod povrchem zdánlivě obyčejných životů.
Looker
- 192 stránek
- 7 hodin čtení
One of Vogue’s Best Books of 2019 *Vogue, Best Novels of 2019 *CrimeReads, Best Fiction Debuts of 2019 *Star-Ledger, Top Ten New Jersey Authors of 2019 *EsquireUK, Best Books of 2019 So Far *People, Best New Books of the Week *Southern Living, Best New Books of Winter 2019 *Entertainment Weekly, Hottest Reads of January *CosmoUK, Best New Books of January *Vogue, Lit Hub, and CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Books of 2019 In this taut, arresting debut, a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor—the actress. Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her ex-husband’s cat. As her fascination grows, the narrator’s hold on reality begins to slip. Before long, she’s collecting cast-off items from the actress’s stoop and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress’s husband. After a disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning—and irrevocable—unraveling. Immersive and darkly entertaining, Looker is a searing psychological portrait of obsession.
