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The Shadow of the Object
A Literary Fiction Novel by Chloe Aridjis
Subgenres:
- Magical Realism,
- Psychological Fiction,
- Mexico and London
This book is for you if you're into...
- Surreal hospital encounters that blur memory and reality
- Obsessions with antique illusions and pre-cinema curiosities
- Quietly uncanny friendships that shift the boundaries of self
Flora is visiting home in Mexico when the family dog leaps up and bites her hand. She winds up in the hospital where she undergoes several surgeries under anaesthesia and meets Wilhelmina, an elderly German woman with pneumonia, who collects pre-cinema toys and instruments. The two of them embark on a series of dream-like conversations in the hospital corridors. Wilhelmina puts on a magic lantern show for Flora, leaving her spellbound.
When things take an unexpected turn, Flora finds herself entrusted with an important mission. She returns to London, where she resumes her job polishing silver at a jewellery shop, and strikes up a strange friendship with Wilhelmina’s son, Max. As Flora dips in and out of her imagination, she is increasingly aware it’s not only the magic lantern that projects, and her perception of reality is subtly altered.
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