The original

Sobre el libro The original de Nell Stevens publicado por Penguin al 2026:

Casually magisterial GuardianEndlessly intriguing ObserverA marvel of a novel Ali SmithJane Eyre by way of Patricia Highsmith BBC Radio Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters Financial TimesThere was a painting my family set on fire. It burned to ashes, and then it came back.Oxfordshire, . Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncles home. She has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude her for lurking in the shadows for other girls.Then a letter arrives, postmarked Saint Helena. After years missing at sea, Graces cousin Charles is ready to come home. When Charles returns, unrecognisable and uncanny, a rift emerges between those who claim he is an imposter and Graces aunt, who insists he is her son. And Grace, whose intimate knowledge of forgeries is her own closely-guarded secret, must decide who and what to believe in, and what kind of life she wants to live.Deftly-plotted and shimmering with Nell Stevenss distinctive intelligence, style and wit, THE ORIGINAL is a novel about the value of authenticity in art and in love, and what it means to be a true original.What a bewitching book this is.