El cuento numero trece / The Thirteenth Tale

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Un secreto de familia celosamente guardado se descubre por fin gracias a la voluntad y el tesón de una joven escritora.

Margaret, hija de un coleccionista de libros antiguos y escritora primeriza, acepta escribir la biografía de la misteriosa novelista Vida Winter, una mujer que, no obstante el éxito de sus libros, siempre ha rehuido el contacto con la prensa y ahora por fin ha elegido a Margaret para contar los hechos de su vida.

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Un secreto de familia celosamente guardado se descubre por fin gracias a la voluntad y el tesón de una joven escritora.

Margaret, hija de un coleccionista de libros antiguos y escritora primeriza, acepta escribir la biografía de la misteriosa novelista Vida Winter, una mujer que, no obstante el éxito de sus libros, siempre ha rehuido el contacto con la prensa y ahora por fin ha elegido a Margaret para contar los hechos de su vida.

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La maravillosa primera novela de Diane Setterfield -una historia de legados fantasmagóricos en la tradición de Jane Eyre- es desde el vamos como el sueño de un amante de la lectura: la hija de un librero se encuentra una noche con una carta enviada por la autora más venerada de Inglaterra, una mujer cuya historia se confunde entre el rumor y la leyenda. En la extraña carta la famosa Vida Winter invita a Margaret Lea a descubrir la verdad acerca de su misterioso pasado.

Esa noche, incapaz de dormir, Margaret va a la librería de su padre por algo para leer. Pasando por alto sus favoritos -La mujer de blanco, Cumbres borrascosas, Jane Eyre--, no puede resistirse al más raro de los libros de Winter, Trece cuentos de cambio y desesperación, una edición retirada de circulación para corregir el título porque tenía sólo doce historias. Margaret, que nunca antes había leído a Vida Winter, sucumbe a su encanto y se lo termina. A los pocos días, llevada por el amor a los libros a un misterio real, se encuentra en la opulenta biblioteca de la residencia de Vida Winter en Yorkshire.

También los lectores se transportan con la atrapante prosa de Setterfield. Inhalan el polvo de la Librería de Antigüedades de los Lea, comparten el confortable sentido de aventura de Margaret en sus lecturas de trasnoche, y son seducidos por el glamoroso enigma de Vida Winter. Y sin embargo, El cuento número trece apenas ha comenzado.

Ante el encargo de Winter de escribir su verdadera biografía sin adornos, Margaret se ve atrapada en la trágica historia que debe revelar. Una historia más extraña e inquietante que la que ningún célebre escritor haya escrito jamás, en la que confluyen un caserón señorial, una bella pero fatídica familia, pasión, locura, fantasmas y un misterio que cautiva a los lectores hasta el final.

Rica en atmósferas y profundamente conmovedora la opera prima de Setterfield revive con gloria la tradición de la novela gótica y el suspenso romántico de los trabajos de Wilkie Collins, las hermanas Brontë y Daphne du Maurier. A la antigüa en el mejor de los sentidos, es una novela abrumadoramente leíble y realmente imposible de dejar a un lado.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9788499088068
  • Publisher: Random House Mondadori
  • Publication date: 7/1/2011
  • Edition description: Translatio

Meet the Author

Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield became a major celebrity when the manuscript of her first novel, The Thirteenth Tale, inspired a vigorous bidding war among publishers in the U.S. and the U.K. The inaugural selection of the Barnes & Noble Recommends program, this fascinating tale of gothic intrigue heralded the arrival of an exciting new literary talent.

Biography

Diane Setterfield became a literary cause célèbre when the manuscript of her first novel, a haunting gothic mystery called The Thirteenth Tale, inspired a vigorous bidding war among publishers on both sides of the pond. A British academic with a specialty in French literature, Setterfield had taught in various colleges in England and France before quitting her job to pursue a writing career -- although, at the time, she didn't even know what she wanted to write about!

To ease her transition into the world of fiction, Setterfield steeped herself in the English classics she had enjoyed as a youth and enrolled in a writer's course on the finer points of getting published. There she caught the attention of novelist Jim Crace, who recognized her potential and took her under his wing. In a 2006 interview with The Guardian, Crace explained, "[Diane] had three things going for her. First, she was talented. Second, she was determined. Third, she had the right level of ego -- enough to make her ambitious but not so much as to stop her listening. When I heard her novel was getting very well received, I was not a bit surprised."

Five years in the making, The Thirteenth Tale tells the story of an elderly, reclusive novelist who reveals the secrets of her extraordinary life to a young, bookish biographer with secrets of her own. Written in the style of suspenseful romantic epics like Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Rebecca, the novel is shot through with classic gothic elements -- ghosts, a governess, stolen babies, and windswept moors, just to mention a few.

Upon its publication in 2006, the novel soared to the top of the bestseller lists, boosted by the enthusiastic recommendations of book lovers everywhere. The Washington Post summed up the novel's appeal succinctly in the first sentence of its review: "If you are a Reader with a capital R, as is the narrator of Diane Setterfield's debut novel, the pages of The Thirteenth Tale will remind you of what you know and love: the world of books."

In 2006, The Thirteenth Tale became the inaugural selection of the Barnes & Noble Recommends program.

Good To Know

"Jobs I had before I began writing, in chronological order: Chambermaid, Shop Assistant (lightbulbs and batteries), Shop Assistant (newspapers and greetings cards), Bakery Assistant (I put the jam into doughnuts. I hate doughnuts.), Assistant in an old people's home, Library Assistant, English Language Tutor, Translator, French Language Tutor, University Lecturer, French Language Tutor again. Writing suits me better than any other job I have had."

"I have kept a reading diary since I was 18. I am jealous of my friend who has kept hers since she was ten."

"I love to read, obviously. Cooking and eating are joys (as I write this the sun is shining, and I am wondering whether the time is right to buy an ice-cream maker). I am always happy up a ladder with a paintbrush in my hand. And I wish I had more time to spend in the garden -- not least because I get good ideas for writing when I'm out there. I like spending time with my friends. (I did warn you. Writers are not special people. When they're not writing they do exactly the same as everyone else.)

    1. Hometown:
      Yorkshire, England
    1. Date of Birth:
      August 22, 1964
    2. Place of Birth:
      Berkshire, England
    1. Education:
      Theale Green School, Berkshire (1975-1982); B.A., University of Bristol, 1986); Ph.D. in French, 1993
    2. Website:
      http://www.thethirteenthtale.com

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