As they near their destination, Shelo's terrible and destructive purpose is gradually revealed. Hideous Creatures is a rich, beautiful and compelling novel that will appeal to readers of Audrey Niffenegger and Neil Gaiman, by a young debut author destined for literary stardom. HIDEOUS CREATURES (OLD STREET PUBLISHING, MAY ) Meet Arthur, son of an illustrious line, fleeing to the New World to escape his shame. Meet Shelo, whose awful eyes saw him from across the ocean. Meet Flora, daughter of an outlaw king. Unlovely and unloved. Together they must journey into the dark heart of the American wilderness. Hideous Creatures is mainly set in colonial North America. For me, the setting had a very dark tint to it, so it felt like most of the book was set at nighttime even though many scenes do take place during the day. Nevertheless, S. E. Lister describes a beautiful and /5(38).
HIDEOUS CREATURES (OLD STREET PUBLISHING, MAY ) Meet Arthur, son of an illustrious line, fleeing to the New World to escape his shame. Meet Shelo, whose awful eyes saw him from across the ocean. Meet Flora, daughter of an outlaw www.doorway.ruly and unloved. Together they must journey into the dark heart of the American wilderness. Hideous Creatures is mainly set in colonial North America. For me, the setting had a very dark tint to it, so it felt like most of the book was set at nighttime even though many scenes do take place during the day. Nevertheless, S. E. Lister describes a beautiful and enchanting forest setting near the end that stuck with me. The Immortals. Author: S. E. Lister Format: Paperback Release Date: 17/09/ A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. A touching romance, a time travel extravaganza, baroque and moving, S.E. Lister's second novel, following the gothic HIDEOUS CREATURES which put her on the map of literary dreams, confirms a striking talent with distant echoes of.
Hideous Creatures Author: S E Lister. An extraordinary, magical odyssey into the dark heart of the New World Arthur Hallingham is the youngest son of an English earl. He’s on the run from his former life – from a family where painful, half-understood secrets lurk. Arthur travels on a slave ship to the coast of America. A tale that carries hints of Neil Gaiman and Joseph Conrad yet speaks confidently in its own voice, Hideous Creatures is enthralling. It tells its secrets in its own time, the non-linear narrative unfolding like a pop-up book, revealing the next necessary surprise at just the right moment. S. E. Lister was born on 26 April , and grew up in Newent, Gloucestershire. In she began a Creative Writing course at the University of Warwick. Reviews. In May , Lister released her debut novel, Hideous Creatures, through Old Street Publishing.
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