Devotion

De: Hannah Kent

Narrado por: Emily Wheaton

'A glorious love story' – Sarah Winman, author of Still Life

'Extraordinarily daring . . . a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women’s love' - Sunday Times, Book of the Year

From the bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People, Devotion is a stunning story of girlhood and friendship, faith and suspicion, and the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love.

1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls and friendship doesn't come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in her a kindred spirit and finally, acceptance.

Hanne's family are Old Lutherans, and in her small village hushed worship is done secretly - this is a community under threat. But when they are granted safe passage to Australia, the community rejoices: at last a place they can pray without fear, a permanent home. Freedom.

It's a promise of freedom that will have devastating consequences for Hanne and Thea, but, on that long and brutal journey, their bond proves too strong for even nature to break . . .

'Exquisite . . . it's taken root in my heart' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies

'So beautiful and so raw . . . Impossibly good' – Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock

Reseñas de la Crítica

<b>Piercingly beautiful</b> . . . [Hanne and Thea's] story is an elegy, freighted with loss and longing

Such a <b>glorious love story</b>. And the poetry of the landscape had, for me, a Whitmanesque sensibility. <b>A mighty impassioned cry to love and the land</b> (Sarah Winman, author of Still Life)

Hannah Kent&rsquo;s latest novel is <b>stunning</b> - full of magic and adventure. I fell in love with language again reading it. <b>So beautiful</b> and so raw. <i>Devotion</i> is <b>impossibly good</b> (Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock)

With an <b>extraordinarily daring twist </b>halfway through its narrative <i>Devotion</i> is a<b> remarkable</b> novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women&rsquo;s love

There&rsquo;s a<b> mesmerising, transcendent</b> reverence for love and the land in Hannah Kent&rsquo;s exquisitely-wrought novel . . . <b>Passionate and poetic, <i>Devotion</i> is a slow burn of a novel, full of grace and emotional gravitas</b>

<i>Devotion </i>is <b>rare and exquisite</b>, both beautiful and muscular in its portrayal of love found and denied. It&rsquo;s a story of love as a radical act, and a celebration of place and persistence. As we&rsquo;ve come to expect from Kent, this is <b>masterful storytelling with pull-no-punches stakes. It&rsquo;s taken root in my heart</b> (Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies)

<b>Absolutely stunning</b>. The writing, the characters and the twist were just perfect. Any Hannah Kent novel is guaranteed to be powerful, moving and so imaginative, but this was something else. <b>It is a story that will stay with me.</b> (Elizabeth Macneal, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory and Circus of Wonders)

A <b>superb </b>novel. A fantastic merging of <b>exquisite lyrical writing and page-turning adventure</b>. <i>Devotion </i>had me constantly surprised, always entertained, and ultimately deeply moved: it deserves to be a glittering success. (Emma Stonex, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamplighters)

Kent tells her heroine's burgeoning love story beautifully

[A] marvellous queer love story

A tale of the refiguring might of faithful hearts; of love that sustains and love that ruins; of exile and dominion

It is a love story, ardent and wholesome, and it drapes its reader in lush historical detail. Fans will find a lot to savour

A poetic story of friendship, nature and what it means to step into a new world - both physically and spiritually

A rare gem of a book

This book is big-hearted and beautiful. The prose is graceful and elegant, and the unfolding of the story at its heart wonderfully done. The plot could easily have descended into sappy melodrama, but instead Hannah manages to present a love story that is incredibly fragile and at the same time strong as steel, extending beyond life and death. The underlying concept of not being seen added a unique and fascinating layer. The narration was excellent. I highly recommend this book.

Disappointing

After Burial Rites I could not wait to read another novel by Hannah Kent. Unfortunately the beauty of her writing and the soothing voice of the narrator could not make up for the genre that I do not particularly enjoy: mystic realism. The author herself classifies this as a 'queer love story' in interviews, but she does not mention that most of the love story occurs between the dead and the living in the mystic sphere. Not my cup of tea. I could not finish the book. I will read her other historical fiction novels though.