Alexis Schaitkin
1) Saint X
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Hailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another. Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison's body is found in...
2) Elsewhere
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear. Vera grows up in a small town, removed and isolated, pressed up against the mountains, cloud-covered and damp year-round. This town, fiercely protective, brutal and unforgiving...
3) Saint X
Author
Publisher
Oceano de México
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Claire is only seven years old when her older sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of a family vacation on the Caribbean island paradise of Saint X. Days later, Alison's body is found in the sea, and the police arrest two employees of the Tourist site. But the suspects are eventually released, and the young woman's death becomes an unsolved mystery with international resonance. Years later, Claire has a chance encounter that makes her relive...