Elly
Author: Wetzel, Maike
ISBN: 9781925849165
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 13mm
Format: Hardback
Description
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A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR FICTION IN TRANSLATION
A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?
Eleven-year-old Elly is missing. After an extensive police search she is presumed dead, and her family must learn to live with a gaping hole in their lives. Then, four years later, she reappears. But soon her parents and sister are plagued by doubts. Is this stranger really the same little girl who went missing? And if not, who is she?
Elly is a gripping tale of grief, longing, and doubt, which takes every parent's greatest fear and lets it play out to an emotionally powerful, memorable climax. It is a literary novel with all the best qualities of a thriller.
'Maike Wetzel writes with an assurance that belies her story's unsettling menace. Elly is a tautly strung exploration of what it means when all a family desires is the continuation of their own nightmare ... because the alternative is absolute despair.'
-Melanie Joosten, author of Berlin Syndrome
'An elaborate mosaic about the unrelenting belief in a happy ending.'
-Brigitte
'Revolving around the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl, this slender German novel builds into a brutal, uncomfortable story, told from the alternating perspectives of family members.'
-Marta Bausells, The Guardian, 'Ten of the Best New Books In Translation'
ISBN: 9781925849165
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 13mm
Format: Hardback
Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR FICTION IN TRANSLATION
A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR FICTION IN TRANSLATION
A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?
Eleven-year-old Elly is missing. After an extensive police search she is presumed dead, and her family must learn to live with a gaping hole in their lives. Then, four years later, she reappears. But soon her parents and sister are plagued by doubts. Is this stranger really the same little girl who went missing? And if not, who is she?
Elly is a gripping tale of grief, longing, and doubt, which takes every parent's greatest fear and lets it play out to an emotionally powerful, memorable climax. It is a literary novel with all the best qualities of a thriller.
'Maike Wetzel writes with an assurance that belies her story's unsettling menace. Elly is a tautly strung exploration of what it means when all a family desires is the continuation of their own nightmare ... because the alternative is absolute despair.'
-Melanie Joosten, author of Berlin Syndrome
'An elaborate mosaic about the unrelenting belief in a happy ending.'
-Brigitte
'Revolving around the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl, this slender German novel builds into a brutal, uncomfortable story, told from the alternating perspectives of family members.'
-Marta Bausells, The Guardian, 'Ten of the Best New Books In Translation'
