Lambs of God
Todos los cuentos de hadas tienen su lado oscuro
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Descripción editorial
TODOS LOS CUENTOS DE HADAS TIENEN SU LADO OSCURO
Para Iphigenia, Margarita y Carla, las últimas tres hermanas de santa Inés, el monasterio en ruinas en el que viven es todo su mundo. Ellas son las únicas habitantes de su remota isla australiana, olvidada de la iglesia y del mundo, en la que el tiempo parece haberse detenido.
Tienen sus propias normas, sus rituales, sus rutinas y una existencia claramente estructurada: orar, esquilar, limpiar la lana, hilar, hacer conservas, cocinar… Y además, cuando cae la noche, tejen y cosen sus propias y estremecedoras historias mezcladas con los clásicos cuentos de hadas… No existe nada más allá de la isla.
Pero todo cambia el día que el padre Ignatius irrumpe en sus vidas con la intención de transformar su paraíso en un resort de lujo. La presencia del cura amenaza su convivencia, su fe y sus más íntimas convicciones; sin embargo, para proteger su pacífica existencia, las hermanas están dispuestas a hacer casi cualquier cosa…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A man intrudes on an all but extinct order of pastoral nuns in this intriguing but heavy-handed parable from Australian crime-novelist Day. Sisters Iphigenia, Margarita and Carla live in a ruined monastery on a remote Australian island, tending their only flock: the Agnes sisters, sheep named for nuns who have died. The rhythm of life is seasonal and canonical: washing day, shearing day, Christmas, Lent. It's hard to say what year it is... until Father Ignatius arrives with a cellular phone to assess what he thought was abandoned property. A career churchman, Ignatius wants to turn a profit by transforming the forgotten nunnery into a luxury retreat for businessmen. The story takes a Stephen King turn when the nuns realize that the priest's plans threaten them. Ignatius is drugged with herbal tea, stripped, shaved and plastered up to the waist in a cast. Still, the priest's presence provokes different reactions from each nun, stirring up long-dormant secrets that threaten to tear apart their community. Ignatius himself undergoes something more than a physical transformation as he is forced to reassess the meaning of his mission in the church. Although Day has undeniable storytelling gifts and weaves together an impressive number of storytelling traditions (classical, biblical, Celtic and fairy tale), the novel's rather kitschy setup and often gruesomely graphic feminist symbolism may force even sympathetic readers to share Ignatius's feeling that "There were parts of the story that even he was having trouble swallowing." BOMC, One Spirit Book Club and Quality Paperback Club featured alternate selections; foreign rights sold in the U.K. (Anchor), Australia (Allen & Unwin), Germany (Piper) and the Netherlands (Vassalecci). FYI: Lambs of God has been optioned by Fox 2000, with Winona Ryder as producer and costar.
