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The Three Incestuous Sisters: An Illustrated Novel
by Audrey Niffenegger
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ISBN13: 9780810959279 
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This is the book we are all talking about! Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife channels Edward Gorey and Charlotte Bronte in this lavish and astonishing work of art.
Recommended by Veronica, Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
The Three Incestuous Sisters is an evocative, illustrated book by the best-selling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger. Reminiscent of the gothic style of Edward Gorey, Niffenegger's visually stunning narrative affirms her genius as a storyteller.
These rich pages present the tale of three very different sisters: one who is beautiful, one who is smart, and one who is talented. A melodrama of sibling rivalry unfurls as one sister is driven mad with jealousy due to the passionate love affair of another. Escalating to a dizzying climax, the romance of the two lovers ends in sabotage, shame, and despair. Haunting illustrations and lyrical prose depict a timeless tale of love, revenge, and ultimately, transcendence.
The Three Incestuous Sisters is a unique and lavish tour de force, which showcases Audrey Niffenegger's incredible talent as an artist and a writer.
Review:
"Niffenegger, author of the two-plus-million-copy bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife, showcases her artistic talent in an oversized 'novel in pictures' she calls 'the book of my heart, a fourteen-year labor of love.' It's the strange and haunting story of three sisters who 'lived together in a lonely house by the sea, near the lighthouse, miles away from the city.' Blonde Bettine is the youngest and prettiest, redhead Clothilde is 'the most talented' and blue-haired Ophile, the eldest, is considered the smartest. When lightning kills the lighthouse keeper, his son, Paris, arrives to take his place; Paris and Bettine quickly fall in love and conceive a child. Jealous Ophile misbehaves badly; psychic Clothilde communes with the unborn baby, whom she names the Saint; and Bettine and Paris run away to the city, where tragedy strikes. Niffenegger's spare, full-page, sepia-toned aquatints ('an idiosyncratic, antique' medium) are evocative and Gorey-esque; they tell the story more than the minimalist prose does. And Niffenegger's afterword is illuminating, both about the process of making aquatints and about her productive methods of procrastination: The Time Traveler's Wife, she reveals, 'started its life as the project I played with when I should have been finishing Sisters.' (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Review:
"[E]erily beautiful....Niffenegger's grim yet erotic tale and stunningly moody gothic prints possess the sly subversion of Edward Gorey, the emotional valence of Edvard Munch, and her very own brilliant use of iconographic pattern, surprising perspective, and tensile line in the service of a delectable, otherworldly sensibility." Booklist (Starred Review)
Review:
"An elegant volume that feels more like a catalog for an art exhibition....Each plate is imbued with a somber beauty and intensity that will draw the reader/viewer back for more thorough and rewarding scrutiny." Chicago Tribune
Synopsis:
Haunting illustrations and lyrical prose depict a timeless saga of love, revenge, and ultimately, transcendence, in a tale of three very different sisters: one who is beautiful, one who is smart, and one who is talented.
About the Author
Audrey Niffenegger is the author of the New York Times best-selling and critically acclaimed novel The Time Traveler's Wife, which has sold one million copies in North America and was a Today Show book club pick. She has exhibited her artwork nationwide and teaches art and printmaking at Columbia College. She lives in Chicago.
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Leslie Joseph, May 30, 2007 (view all comments by Leslie Joseph)
This book is full of rich prose and gorgeous illustrations. Like Audrey Niffenegger's other works, The Three Incestuous Sisters is layered and deeply touching.
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clothildelover, November 12, 2006 (view all comments by clothildelover)
Reading this groundbreaking novel seriously changed my life. It was so surreally disturbing that I no longer know who I am as a human being in this world. Life means nothing...all I know is that clothilde now rules my life. She is my god. She is my devil..my demon..every waking moment, she is with me. She has become my "safe word". clothilde..clothilde...when will I be yours...?
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780810959279
- Subtitle:
- An Illustrated Novel
- Author:
- Publisher:
- HNA Books
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Sisters
- Subject:
- General Fiction
- Copyright:
- 2005
- Publication Date:
- September 1, 2005
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 164
- Dimensions:
- 9.64x12.66x.92 in. 3.10 lbs.
