A Dancer in Darkness

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book A Dancer in Darkness by David Stacton, Faber & Faber
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Stacton ISBN: 9780571296071
Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication: November 15, 2012
Imprint: Faber & Faber Language: English
Author: David Stacton
ISBN: 9780571296071
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication: November 15, 2012
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Language: English

'Dancer in Darkness is a unique three-way collaboration - the tragic tale of the murdered Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi, as told in Renaissance Italian sources, then in The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster's masterpiece of Jacobean revenge and fate, and now here by David Stacton, the literally incomparable American historical novelist. Black as stage velvet, Stacton's version is as full of chilling insights and dreadful doings as Webster's, but at bottom all his own.' John Crowley (Little, Big, Engine Summer)

'The prose of David Stacton is like that of no other writer. It suggests a corridor in a dark Gothic tower, ill-lit by tapers, at one end of which a gong sounds incessantly. Stacton's gong clashes are malevolent aphorisms, asides spoken to Nemesis, hard little explanations of motive.' Time

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

'Dancer in Darkness is a unique three-way collaboration - the tragic tale of the murdered Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi, as told in Renaissance Italian sources, then in The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster's masterpiece of Jacobean revenge and fate, and now here by David Stacton, the literally incomparable American historical novelist. Black as stage velvet, Stacton's version is as full of chilling insights and dreadful doings as Webster's, but at bottom all his own.' John Crowley (Little, Big, Engine Summer)

'The prose of David Stacton is like that of no other writer. It suggests a corridor in a dark Gothic tower, ill-lit by tapers, at one end of which a gong sounds incessantly. Stacton's gong clashes are malevolent aphorisms, asides spoken to Nemesis, hard little explanations of motive.' Time

More books from Faber & Faber

Cover of the book Peter Waring by David Stacton
Cover of the book Bear in Mind These Dead by David Stacton
Cover of the book I Spy by David Stacton
Cover of the book The Art of Happiness by David Stacton
Cover of the book The Valley by David Stacton
Cover of the book Turkish Awakening by David Stacton
Cover of the book The Practice Process by David Stacton
Cover of the book Her Naked Skin by David Stacton
Cover of the book A Very Very Very Dark Matter by David Stacton
Cover of the book The Tornado Chasers by David Stacton
Cover of the book Kaliyuga by David Stacton
Cover of the book Simon Gray: Plays 2 by David Stacton
Cover of the book Digital Film-making Revised Edition by David Stacton
Cover of the book Singing from the Floor by David Stacton
Cover of the book Faber & Faber by David Stacton
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy