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02499aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 5C6D371226B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 007 ta 008 180529s2018 enk 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1788160665 020 $a 9781788160667 020 $a 1788160657 020 $a 9781788160650 035 $a (OCoLC)1056748547 040 $a AUNRT $b eng $e rda $c AUNRT $d NZHWP $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d ZYU $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d REB $d IUL $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6116 E776 M45 2018b 100 1 $a Perry, Sarah, $d 1979- $e author. 245 10 $a Melmoth / $c Sarah Perry. 264 1 $a London : $b Serpent's Tail, $c 2018. 300 $a 270 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But the sheltered life she has crafted for herself is about to change. A strange manuscript has come into her possession, and its contents have the power to unravel every strand of her fragile safety net. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her. Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. Despite her scepticism, Helen can't stop reading, or shake the feeling that someone or something is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take. Exquisitely written, and gripping until the very last page, this is a masterpiece of moral complexity, asking us profound questions about mercy, redemption, and how to make the best of our conflicted world. 650 0 $a Translators $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Legends $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Superstition $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Prague (Czech Republic) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Solitude $v Fiction. 650 0 $a British $z Czech Republic $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Regret $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Manuscripts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Redemption $v Fiction. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781782834557 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202012335.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5C6D371226B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search