We Have Always Lived In The Castle
Translation (via Claude Opus 4.8):“Kajian sempurna tentang apa yang bisa terjadi dalam benak manusia - kisah ganjil yang berada di perbatasan antara misteri dan fantasi.” = Neil Gaiman
Back Cover Text:“A perfect study of what can happen inside the human mind - a strange tale poised on the border between mystery and fantasy.” - Neil Gaiman
Translation (via Claude Opus 4.8):Enam tahun lalu, semangkuk gula yang dibubuhi racun arsenik menewaskan seluruh anggota keluarga Blackwood kecuali dua orang putri, Constance dan Merricat, serta paman mereka, Julian. Constance, sang putri tertua, lolos dari tuduhan pembunuhan, tapi para penduduk desa tak percaya dan mengucilkan keluarga ini. Dua bersaudari dan sang paman pun hidup dalam isolasi dan kesendirian.
Suatu hari datang seorang pria bernama Charles yang mengaku sebagai sepupu jauh. Dengan karismanya, Charles menjalin keakraban dengan Constance dan Paman Julian. Hanya Merricat yang tetap menjaga jarak dan curiga bahwa di balik senyum manisnya, Charles hanya ingin menguasai harta keluarga Blackwood. Tapi bagaimana Merricat bisa menyadarkan kakak dan pamannya yang sudah terpesona oleh Charles? Merricat bertekad untuk mengusir Charles meski risikonya adalah Merricat sendiri yang akan tersingkir dari kediaman Blackwood.
Setelah The Haunting of Hill House, Qanita mempersembahkan We Have Always Lived in the Castle, satu lagi horor thriller dari penulis klasik, Shirley Jackson, Ratu Horor Gotik Amerika yang telah memengaruhi banyak penulis modern Amerika, termasuk Neil Gaiman dan Stephen King. Membawa pembaca dalam labirin gelap jiwa, We Have Always Lived in the Castle mengisahkan tentang penyimpangan, isolasi, niat membunuh, dan perjuangan untuk keluar dari lingkaran setan tak berkesudahan, tak heran apabila buku ini terpilih sebagai salah satu dari sepuluh novel terbaik versi majalah Time. Setelah diadaptasi menjadi pertunjukan drama pada 1966, kini novel ini akan diangkat ke layar lebar dan dibintangi oleh Sebastian Stan, Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, dan Crispin Glover.
“Pemaparan cerdas tentang kehidupan - sebuah kisah yang penuh tipuan dan misteri.” - The New York Times Book Review
“Kisah-kisah Shirley Jackson adalah kisah-kisah paling mengerikan yang pernah ditulis.” - Donna Tartt, novelis Goldfinch, pemenang Pulitzer
Six years ago, a bowl of sugar laced with arsenic killed every member of the Blackwood family except two daughters, Constance and Merricat, and their uncle, Julian. Constance, the eldest daughter, was acquitted of the murder, but the villagers did not believe it and shunned the family. The two sisters and their uncle live in isolation and solitude.
One day a man named Charles arrives, claiming to be a distant cousin. With his charisma, Charles strikes up a closeness with Constance and Uncle Julian. Only Merricat keeps her distance and suspects that behind his sweet smile, Charles merely wants to seize the Blackwood family fortune. But how can Merricat make her sister and uncle - already enchanted by Charles - see the truth? Merricat is determined to drive Charles away, even at the risk that she herself will be the one cast out of the Blackwood home.
After The Haunting of Hill House, Qanita presents We Have Always Lived in the Castle, another horror thriller by the classic author Shirley Jackson, the Queen of American Gothic Horror who has influenced many modern American writers, including Neil Gaiman and Stephen King. Taking the reader into a dark labyrinth of the soul, We Have Always Lived in the Castle tells of deviance, isolation, the intent to kill, and the struggle to escape an endless vicious circle - no wonder the book was chosen as one of the ten best novels by Time magazine. After being adapted into a stage play in 1966, the novel will now be brought to the big screen, starring Sebastian Stan, Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, and Crispin Glover.
“An intelligent portrayal of life - a story full of deception and mystery.” - The New York Times Book Review
“Shirley Jackson’s stories are the most terrifying stories ever written.” - Donna Tartt, novelist of The Goldfinch, Pulitzer Prize winner