In this “sinister, jaw-dropping” (Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary) debut novel from the author of Saltwater, a circle of researchers uncovers a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters.
When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination.
Desperate to escape her painful past, Ann is happy to indulge the researchers’ more outlandish theories about the history of fortune telling. But what begins as academic curiosity quickly turns into obsession when Ann discovers a hidden 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future. When the dangerous game of power, seduction, and ambition at The Cloisters turns deadly, Ann becomes locked in a race for answers as the line between the arcane and the modern blurs.
“A tour de force by an important new voice” (Rachel Kapelke-Dale, author of The Ballerinas), The Cloisters is a haunting and magical blend of genres that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Betka
5/27/2024
Et veldig interessant tema for meg, fordi jeg har drevet med tarot i mange år, og kortene fascinerer meg. Jeg liker også bøker i sjangeren "dark academia". Og denne likte jeg også, selv om det ikke er en bok som holder deg i spenning, vekker noen sterke følelser, eller imponerer med språket. Jeg likte referansene til kunst, tarotens historie, mytologi, og den gotiske atmosfæren på museet "Cloisters". Likevel var alle betraktningene om å spå fremtiden, skjebne vs. muligheten til å bestemme over sitt eget liv - flate. Det var også for lite tarot, og betydningen av kortene ble behandlet overfladisk. Jeg forventet noe bedre.
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