Patrick McGrath
Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 3.82 | 8370 Users | 800 Reviews
Present Books As Asylum
| Original Title: | Asylum |
| ISBN: | 0679781382 (ISBN13: 9780679781387) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Whitbread Award Nominee for Novel (1996) |
Chronicle In Pursuance Of Books Asylum
In the summer of 1959 Stella Raphael joins her psychiatrist husband, Max, at his new posting--a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. Beautiful and headstrong, Stella soon falls under the spell of Edgar Stark, a brilliant and magnetic sculptor who has been confined to the hospital for murdering his wife in a psychotic rage.But Stella's knowledge of Edgar's crime is no hindrance to the volcanic attraction that ensues--a passion that will consume Stella's sanity and destroy her and the lives of those around her.
List Of Books Asylum
| Title | : | Asylum |
| Author | : | Patrick McGrath |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
| Published | : | March 3rd 1998 by Vintage (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Gothic. Horror. Thriller. Mystery |
Rating Of Books Asylum
Ratings: 3.82 From 8370 Users | 800 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books Asylum
Gothic tales automatically gives me an eerie vibe. This story though is far from being scary other than some gruesome and disturbing parts.Its an okay story that holds my interest solely because of the vibe it had given me the entire time.If youre into gothic tales then you might want to give this a try.It says on the back this book is a meditation on the nature of love. So, what is love? Love is when someone gently tugs this book out of your hands and says "you don't need to read this one, dear. All the quotes on the back were paid for. It's high class tripe."
The plot is crazy! The story seems realistic to the point where I was literally gasping because I always thought that Stella's life couldn't get any worse. I'm looking forward to reading other McGrath books soon.
I saw the film first. Knew the book must be better. It was and yet, for all the acclaim, i didn't know the protagonist, Stella, very well or what motivated her. Perhaps that was the entire premise. The story set in 1959-60. The wife of a 2nd in command psychiatrist at a English countryside mental hospital, falls in lust then love with one of the patients, an artist, confined for brutally murdering his wife. The book/tale is told by a male, another psychiatrist at the hospital who is treating the
3.5 stars Fascinating, dysfunctional tale of obsessive love.
I've read this book two or three times over the years and really found it engaging! Highly recommended!!
It says on the back this book is a meditation on the nature of love. So, what is love? Love is when someone gently tugs this book out of your hands and says "you don't need to read this one, dear. All the quotes on the back were paid for. It's high class tripe."
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