She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that shes doing. Come closer npr coverage of come closer by sara gran. Two years later, she came out with another novel, come closer. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read come closer. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries in nearly fifteen languages.
Described as a new kind of psychological thriller by george pelecanos and this years scariest novel by time out new york, come closer has become a modern classic with a kick that will stay with the reader for days afterward the dallas morning news. Read come closer by sara gran for free with a 30 day free trial. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Sara gran sara gran is the author of saturns return to new york, come closer, dope, as well as two previous novels featuring claire dewitt. Sara gran is the author of the novels saturns return to new york, come closer, dope, and claire dewitt and the city of the dead, the first in a detective series. Sara grans come closer a categorically creepy novel about a young architect named amanda whose life spirals out of control as she loses possession of her body and mind to a demon is comparable to horror classics like ira levins rosemarys baby 1967 and william peter blattys the exorcist.
So claims the beguiling narrator of come closer, and after reading this spare and menacing tale, the. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and in nearly twice as many magazines, newspapers, and literary journals. Sam lipsyte the yellow wallpaper meets rosemarys baby in a slim. Her work has been published in more than a dozen countries. Come closer is a truly terrifying novella written by sara gran that was originally published in 2003 and it can be devoured in one sitting. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. This is another one that i only read due to an upcoming class im taking like bird box. Hypnotic, disturbing, and written with such unerring confidence you believe every word, come closer is one of the most precise and graceful pieces of fiction ive read in. See all books authored by sara gran, including come closer, and claire dewitt and the city of the dead, and more on thriftbooks.
Hypnotic bret easton ellis, author of american psycho. Sara gran has written more than a dark fiction about demon possession, she wrote a book about the female psyche, about the impulse of civilized people to do harm to those we love and those we dont know, and she gave her story a shot of the old turn of the screw by having a pretty, confident architect inadvertently invite the spirit naamah from jewish. Sara gran is the author of the novels dope, come closer, and saturns return to new york. Buy come closer book online at low prices in india come. If everything in amandas life is so perfect, then why the mood swings. I read come closer on the train, in a snowstorm, on a cold december night.
It tells the story of amanda who is a successful architect with a loving husband and a lovely home life, but things are not as they seem. Great literary horror is few and far between, so when my friends at goodreads started raving about a book called come closer, i had to read it. A short book, it is nonetheless long on style, thanks to grans talent for quickly and convincingly portraying amandas reluctant terror, abject denial, and, finally. Come closer by sara gran overdrive rakuten overdrive. Sara gran is the author of claire dewitt and the city of the dead 3. Sara gran author sara gran is the author of the novels saturns return to new york, dope, and claire dewitt and the city of the dead, the first in a detective series. She also writes for film and television and has been published in the new york times, the new orleans times picayune. Gran is the author of six novels, including come closer and dope. Amandaa successful architect in a happy marriagefinds her life going off kilter by degrees.
If everything in amandas life is so perfect, then why the mood swings, the obscene thoughts, the urge to harm the people she loves. Stewart onan come closer is sharp and strange and, best of all, at the moment of truth it doesnt flinch from its own mad logic. Sara gran writes wiith scalpellike clarity, expertly blending tones to create a new kind of psychological thriller. Sara gran author of claire dewitt and the city of the dead. Amanda is happily married to ed, works as an architect, and likes her life. Buy come closer book online at best prices in india on. So claims the beguiling narrator of come closer, and after reading this spare and menacing tale, the reader has to agree. I tracked this book on usps website like a predator is after its prey. A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. Sara gran is the author of dope, come closer and saturns return to new york. What begins as a sly fable about frustrated desire evolves into a genuinely scary novel about possession and insanity.
Sara grans come closer a categorically creepy novel about a young architect named amanda whose life spirals out of control as she loses possession of her body and mind to a demon is comparable to horror classics like ira levins rosemarys baby 1967 and william peter blattys the exorcist 1971. Sara gran is the author of the novels saturns return to new york, dope, and claire dewitt and the city of the dead, the first in a detective series. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and as many languages. When i purchased this book, i couldnt wait to receive it. From the author of saturns return to new york comes this dark psychological thriller. A book on demon possession suggests that the figure on the shore could be the demon naamah, known to scholars of the kabbalah as the.
Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. She suffers occasional blackouts, yet there is no medical explanation. The book starts on a great notesuggesting the horror that is to come, while also displaying grans skills as a humorist. Come closer soho press bold literary voices awardwinning international crime. That is because sara gran s come closer gives a fictional yet hella convincing first person account of the one thing guaranteed to scare me out of my brainpan. While i could not bring myself to take a break from reading it, i needed copious amounts of wine to see myself through to the ending. A memo to her boss thats replaced by obscene insults. Sullivan freud believed that unheimlich or the uncanny is a much more fertile province in fiction than in real life, for it contains the whole of the latter and something more besides, something that cannot be found in real life. Buy come closer by gran, sara from amazons fiction books store. Born in brooklyn, sara lived in new york city until 2004.
Written by sara gran, audiobook narrated by julie mckay. Her work has been published in over a dozen countries and in nearly twice as many magazines, new. Sara gran has written more than a dark fiction about demon possession, she wrote a book about the female psyche, about the impulse of civilized people to do harm to those we love and those we dont know, and she gave her story a shot of the old. Come closer by sara gran a recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. Her novel claire dewitt and the city of the dead is the first in a series. Sara gran is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, including come closer and dope as well as the claire dewitt series.
Review of come closer by sara gran midnight author. Read come closer by sara gran available from rakuten kobo. Review come closer by sara gran thats what she read. It was the right atmosphere for this perfectly noirish tale of madness and love. I was so impatient at the prospect of holding it between my hands, touching it and reading about another demonic possession.
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