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Vida Winter najuspješnija je spisateljica današnjice, ikona i enigma u isto vrijeme. Njezini romani prodaju se u milijunskim nakladama, no glad medija za pojedinostima iz njezina privatnog života autorica gasi tako da novinarima nudi desetke fantastičnih priča o sebi -- od kojih nijedna, naravno, nije istinita.
Suvremeno istraživačko novinarstvo pokleklo je pred izazovom -- svi znaju da je Vida Winter izmišljeno ime, ali tko se krije iza njega, otkud dolazi ta tajanstvena žena nevjerojatne mašte, gdje su joj korijeni i odakle potječe -- sve je to obavijeno maglom.
Margaret Lea je samo djevojka koja radi u antikvarijatu svog oca, a povremeno, zaintrigirana nečijom sudbinom, napiše kratak biografski esej. Neki od njih objavljeni su u opskurnim publikacijama, jedan je čak izašao kao samostalna knjiga -- i to je sva slava koju je Margaret ikad spoznala. A onda će pronaći pismo. Rukom pisan zahtjev Vide Winter, koja je napokon odlučila ispričati svoju brižljivo skrivanu životnu priču, i to upravo njoj. Ali Margaret ne samo da osobno ne poznaje autoricu, već nikada nije pročitala nijedan od njezinih romana. Da li da prihvati ovaj neobični zahtjev? U traženju odgovora na to pitanje, Margaret će posegnuti za rijetkim primjerkom knjige Vide Winter iz antikvarijata njezina oca, iz tiska povučenom zbirkom pripovjedaka Trinaest priča mijena i zdvajanja. Uskoro će se naći jednako obuzeta riječima kao i zbunjena otkrićem da knjiga, umjesto najavljenih trinaest, sadrži samo dvanaest priča. Gdje je trinaesta priča?
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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
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Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.
Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness -- featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess,a topiary garden and a devastating fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
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