The Trial of Anna Thalberg by Elizabeth Bryer Paperback Book

Description: The Trial of Anna Thalberg by Elizabeth Bryer, Eduardo Sangarca The witch hunt in Europe intensified between 1550 and 1650, decades after the Protestant Reformation and the Peasants Revolt. It is right in the middle of these one hundred years of infamy that Anna Thalbergs story takes place.Anna is a woman of singular beauty who is accused of witchcraft and taken by force to be tried. Klaus, her husband, and Friedrich, the village priest, will also travel to Wrzburg, where Anna has been incarcerated. They will use all available resources, seeking to stop the blind beast of the Inquisition, which is inexorable in trying to drag the woman to the stake.Witches, werewolves, family spirits and even a demon who theologizes come together in these pages, but their presence is insufficient to hide the true horror: the inhumanity of the institutions, their manipulations and manufacturing of fear, and the arbitrary evil that nests in the heart of human beings. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Eduardo Sangarca is the author of El desconocido del Meno (Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro), a collection of short stories that was awarded the prestigious Premio Nacional de Cuento Joven Comala 2017. He is currently studying for a Ph.D. in Humanities with a specialization on Latin American literature of the Holocaust. He lives in Guadalajara, Mexico. Review "A novel that can be read with great emotion and great suspense, written with impressive formal virtuosity." — Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season"A marvelous work that challenges the reader on multiple levels and communicates directly with our present." — Cristina Rivera Garza, author of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize–winning Lilianas Invincible Summer: A Sisters Search for Justice"Misogyny and religious conviction are vicious bedfellows in Eduardo Sangarcías horrifying, humbling . . . inferno of a historical novel, burning through the lies told about defiant women across the centuries." — Foreword Reviews, Starred Review"Sangarcía pulls together an astute account of Annas trial and sheds light on how witch hunts were rooted in the hatred and suspicion of women (little girls like you only bring misfortunes and calamities). The prose, lyrical and scarcely punctuated, matches the plots frenzied pace. Fans of Fernanda Melchors Hurricane Season will love this." — Publishers Weekly"As bleak as it is beautiful. Sangarcía has given us a story that is breathlessly told, formally innovative, and lays bare our all-too-common tendency towards cruelty, while never foregoing his own humanity. Welcome to a new, luminous voice in literature." — Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of The Bullet Swallower"Eduardo Sangarcías writing blends a sophisticated feeling for history with penetrating intuition about human consciousness to conjure elegant nightmares. One of the most attractive voices of contemporary Mexican literature." — Julián Herbert, author of Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino"A merciless chronicle of witchcraft trials that is more than a mere testimony of the times: it is also a trial of the violence that has historically been exercised against women. With a coven of torrential voices, Eduardo Sangarcía lays bare the unreasonableness of a past that also speaks of our present." — Juan Gómez Bárcena, author of Not Even the Dead"With an audacious style, a singular use of juxtaposed dialogue, and a structure reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Eduardo Sangarcía achieves a narrative feat that keeps us hooked until the very last line. Although we know what will happen, since he has advertised it from the beginning, we believe in the unexpected, hoping for the miracle to occur. In the end, he both pleases and surprises us, just the way great literature ought to do." — Yoss, author of A Planet for Rent"With breathless rhythm and a raging as well as plaintive tone . . . the novel builds a magnificent celebration of the feminine." — Le monde Details ISBN1632063735 Publisher Restless Books Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781632063731 Format Paperback Imprint Restless Books Audience General Author Eduardo Sangarca Pages 112 Translator Elizabeth Bryer Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2025-01-01 Illustrations Black and white original illustrations ISBN-10 1632063735 UK Release Date 2024-11-28 Publication Date 2024-10-24 US Release Date 2024-10-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161533914;

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