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Asylum

By Patrick McGrath

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| Hardcover | 9780517361436

Book Description

Patrick McGrath has created his most psychologically penetrating vision to date: a nightmare world rocked to its foundations by a passion of such force and intensity that it shatters the lives--and minds--of all who are touched by it.

Stella Raphael, a woman of great beauty and formidable intContinue

Patrick McGrath has created his most psychologically penetrating vision to date: a nightmare world rocked to its foundations by a passion of such force and intensity that it shatters the lives--and minds--of all who are touched by it.

Stella Raphael, a woman of great beauty and formidable intelligence, is married to Max, a staid and unimaginative forensic psychiatrist. Max has taken a job in a huge top-security mental hospital in rural England, and Stella, far from London society, finds herself restless and bored. Into her lonely existence comes Edgar Stark, a brilliant sculptor confined to the hospital after killing his wife in a psychotic rage. He comes to Stella's garden to rebuild an old Victorian conservatory there, and Stella cannot ignore her overwhelming physical attraction to this desperate man. Their explosive affair pits them against Stella's husband, her child, and the entire institution. When the crisis comes to a head, Stella makes a decision--one that will destroy several lives and precipitate an appalling tragedy that could only be fueled by illicit sexual love.

Asylum is a terrifying exploration of the extremes to which erotic obsession can drive us. Patrick McGrath brings his own dazzling blend of cool artistry and visceral engagement to this mesmerizing story of a fatal love and its unspeakably tragic aftermath. And in Stella Raphael, a woman who tears down the walls of her constricted existence to pursue a dangerous passion, he has created a character who will long be remembered for her willingness to take the ultimate risk, even if she must pay the ultimate price.

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    Morire d'amore.......Intenso e bellissimo, cosi come il film con una splendida Natasha Richardson

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    Icingonthecake said on Oct 6, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Ti prende, una volta cominciato bisogna finirlo di corsa, anche se il tema forte della dipendenza psicologica è per dire poco irritante!

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    Lisa Dainese said on Dec 20, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover
  • ISBN-10: 0517361434
  • ISBN-13: 9780517361436
  • Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
  • Pub date: Feb 16, 1999
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette and Others
  • In other languages:
    • <span class='translatable' lang='Cover of '{[title]}''>Cover of 'Stella'</span>
      Stella
      (Deutsche Bücher)
    • <span class='translatable' lang='Cover of '{[title]}''>Cover of 'Follia'</span>
      Follia
      (Libri Italiani)
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