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THE STILLEST DAY
The New York Times
Ever the master of the lean and aphoristic story of psychological
horror ...Hart combines the attributes of an elegant psycholical thriller
and a gothic horror story... intellligent and mesmerically compelling
... she demonstrates a sure hand as she firmly guides this latest
excursion down the tormented path of self-inflicted ruin. She writes
with serene and spare narrative power, early on creating the surface
tension that foreshadows the disaster to follow.
The Times
A novel as rich in disturbing overtones as it is rare in aesthetic
originality. The detail of the tale is masterly.
Sunday Telegraph
Hart is a poetic, cinematic writer, and presents her tale more starkly
by stripping it of context....yet once Bethesda's voice goes to work
on the mundane, claustraphobic stuff of village life, it has Jane
Austen-like precision
Sunday Express
Josephine Hart writes in a very painterly way. Her prose is like a picture
on a canvas, full of artful images and moments caught in the mind's
eye. Her strangely compelling style has a certain addictive strain, and her
insights into the human condition are acidly wise.
New York Times Book Review
In mood, Hart is something of a present-day Daphne du Maurier, she writes
ominously, creating an atmosphere laden with mystery ...Hart is a seductive
writer.
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