Description
This novel offers a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau grows up on a distant, luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula, as the only daughter of an eccentric and dangerous genius. Her father’s experiments have produced a motley group of hybrid monstrosities that remain blindly loyal to their creator. Into Carlota’s strange but perfectly balanced world comes Eduardo Lizalde, the charming, careless son of Doctor Moreau’s patrons. In the sweltering jungle heat, amid her father’s secrets and her own awakening feelings, Carlota begins asking questions that could ignite a conflagration. Blending horror, science fiction and historical events, the novel explores colonialism, heredity and scientific hubris through lush prose, action, romance and monsters.
Information
Author: Moreno-Garcia Silvia
Language: English
Publication date: July 20, 2023
Manufacturer: Hachette UK Distribution Ltd.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Horrors in english, Fiction in english
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 306
ISBN/EAN: 9781529418019