The Sin Eater
$47.87
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2020
Summary
An old adage says there are really only two stories: a man goes on a voyage, and a stranger arrives in town. This is the third: a woman breaks the rules …Can you uncover the truth when you’re forbidden from speaking it?
A Sin Eater’s duty is a necessary evil: she hears the confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite. Stained by these sins, she is shunned and silenced, doomed to live in exile at the edge of town.
Recently orphaned May Owens is just fourteen, onl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529019063 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529019060 |
| Author: | Megan Campisi |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Mantle |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 478g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 143mm x 222mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way. All hail Megan Campisi
A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way. All hail Megan Campisi – Emma Donoghue, author of Room and The Wonder
Rich with imaginative and historical details, The Sin Eater is ultimately a timeless story of one woman regaining her power. I loved it from beginning to end
– Christina Dalcher, author of VoxA riveting description of hardwon female empowerment that weaves together meticulous research, unsolved murder – and an unforgettable heroine. Exhilarating … great storytelling … reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale * The Washington Post *
Magnificent … Hillary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies brought new vividness and insight to the court of Henry VIII; in The Sin Eater, Megan Campisi brings as much or more energy to the court of Elizabeth I … The only disappointment it offers is the absence of a massive body of work waiting for the reader to devour when this first book ends
* New York Journal of Books *The atmospheric, historical fantasy setting combined with May’s jarringly eccentric personality creates a novel as strange as it is captivating * BuzzFeed *
Captivating … An original melding of mystery and alternate history * Booklist *
Richly imaginative and strikingly contemporary [and] very much reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale * Kirkus *
[A] rousing, impressive debut … Spellbinding – Publisher’s Weekly
Dark and evocative * Pop Sugar *
Megan Campisi
Megan Campisi is a playwright and novelist. She has previously received the French Alfa and ADAMI prizes for her plays, which have been performed in France, China and the United States. In 2019 she received a Fulbright Specialist Award to give master classes at Tatbikat Theatre in Turkey. She holds a BA from Yale and a Diplôme (MFA) from L’Ecole de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. The Sin Eater is her first novel.
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