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Even monsters need peace. Even monsters need a person who truly wants to listen - to hear - so that someday we might find the words that are more than boxes. Then maybe we can stop men like me from happening...
A prisoner sits on death row in a high security prison. His only escape is through the words he dreams about, the world he conjures around him using the power of language. For the reality of his world is brutal and stark. He is not named, nor do we know his crime. But he listens. He listens to the story of York, the prisoner in the cell next to him who has been sentenced to death. He hears The Lady, a mitigation specialist who is piecing together York's past. He watches as The Lady falls in love with The Priest and wonders if love is still possible in this place. He sees the corruption and the danger as the tensions in the prison build. And he waits. For even monsters have a story....
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Review:
"Rene Denfeld is a genius. In "The Enchanted", she has imagined one of the grimmest settings in the world--a dank and filthy death row in a corrupt prison--and given us one of the most beautiful, heart-rending, and riveting novels I have ever read."--Donald Ray Pollock, author of "The Devil All The Time"
""The Enchanted" wrapped its beautiful and terrible fingers around me from the first page and refused to let go after the last. A wondrous book that finds transcendence in the most unlikely of places . . . So dark yet so exquisite."--Erin Morgenstern, author of "The Night Circus"
""The Enchanted" is unlike anything I've ever read. . . . Contagious and seductive. The reader comes to see through Denfeld's strange lens, and to savor the richness of the view long after the final page has turned."--Katherine Dunn, author of "Geek Love"
""The Enchanted" explores the complexities of many crucial issues, including how we treat our children and the vulnerable and the consequences of our actions. It also makes us ask whether our personal behavior, social policies, and the justice system perpetuate more pain than otherwise for humanity."--"New York Journal of Books"
""The Enchanted" is instead a testament to the power of words, of language and symbols to reshape one's reality, and it is an extraordinarily empathetic look at the sorrows and joys of even the worst aspects of human life."--"The Oregonian"
Rene Denfeld is a genius. In "The Enchanted," she has imagined one of the grimmest settings in the world a dank and filthy death row in a corrupt prison and given us one of the most beautiful, heart-rending, and riveting novels I have ever read. --Donald Ray Pollock, author of "The Devil All The Time""
"The Enchanted" wrapped its beautiful and terrible fingers around me from the first page and refused to let go after the last. A wondrous book that finds transcendence in the most unlikely of places . . . So dark yet so exquisite. --Erin Morgenstern, author of "The Night Circus""
"The Enchanted" is unlike anything I ve ever read. . . . Contagious and seductive. The reader comes to see through Denfeld s strange lens, and to savor the richness of the view long after the final page has turned. --Katherine Dunn, author of "Geek Love""
"The Enchanted" explores the complexities of many crucial issues, including how we treat our children and the vulnerable and the consequences of our actions. It also makes us ask whether our personal behavior, social policies, and the justice system perpetuate more pain than otherwise for humanity. --"New York Journal of Books""
"The Enchanted" is instead a testament to the power of words, of language and symbols to reshape one s reality, and it is an extraordinarily empathetic look at the sorrows and joys of even the worst aspects of human life. --"The Oregonian""
Book Description:
""The Enchanted" wrapped its beautiful and terrible fingers around me from the first page and refused to let go after the last. A wondrous book that finds transcendence in the most unlikely of places . . . So dark yet so exquisite."--Erin Morgenstern, author of "The Night Circus"
""The Enchanted" is unlike anything I've ever read. . . . Contagious and seductive. The reader comes to see through Denfeld's strange lens, and to savor the richness of the view long after the final page has turned."--Katherine Dunn, author of "Geek Love"
""The Enchanted" explores the complexities of many crucial issues, including how we treat our children and the vulnerable and the consequences of our actions. It also makes us ask whether our personal behavior, social policies, and the justice system perpetuate more pain than otherwise for humanity."--"New York Journal of Books"
""The Enchanted" is instead a testament to the power of words, of language and symbols to reshape one's reality, and it is an extraordinarily empathetic look at the sorrows and joys of even the worst aspects of human life."--"The Oregonian"
Rene Denfeld is a genius. In "The Enchanted," she has imagined one of the grimmest settings in the world a dank and filthy death row in a corrupt prison and given us one of the most beautiful, heart-rending, and riveting novels I have ever read. --Donald Ray Pollock, author of "The Devil All The Time""
"The Enchanted" wrapped its beautiful and terrible fingers around me from the first page and refused to let go after the last. A wondrous book that finds transcendence in the most unlikely of places . . . So dark yet so exquisite. --Erin Morgenstern, author of "The Night Circus""
"The Enchanted" is unlike anything I ve ever read. . . . Contagious and seductive. The reader comes to see through Denfeld s strange lens, and to savor the richness of the view long after the final page has turned. --Katherine Dunn, author of "Geek Love""
"The Enchanted" explores the complexities of many crucial issues, including how we treat our children and the vulnerable and the consequences of our actions. It also makes us ask whether our personal behavior, social policies, and the justice system perpetuate more pain than otherwise for humanity. --"New York Journal of Books""
"The Enchanted" is instead a testament to the power of words, of language and symbols to reshape one s reality, and it is an extraordinarily empathetic look at the sorrows and joys of even the worst aspects of human life. --"The Oregonian""
A powerful and hauntingly beautiful novel set on death row - like THE GREEN MILE or THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION written by Cormac McCarthy.
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- PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0297870505
- ISBN 13 9780297870500
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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