{"product_id":"black-bile-samantha-devin-9781913209155","title":"Black Bile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are external threats. Others lie within.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a stormy night, Max arrives in Shimst, a remote village in the north of Scotland. At the entrance to the seemingly deserted hamlet, a sign bears four unsettling words: \u003ci\u003eDo What Thou Wilt\u003c\/i\u003e. By the following morning, the storm has cut the place off from the outside world. Trapped among the mountains, Max begins to experience visions of a past he does not recognize as his own. Something-or someone-interferes with his perception, distorting his relationship with reality.\u003cbr\u003eThe outer world is hostile and impenetrable, but it is the inner space that becomes truly threatening, as his mind ceases to be a safe territory and his identity turns uninhabitable. What he once believed most intimate-his thoughts, his memories, his will-begins to disintegrate.\u003cbr\u003eWith echoes of Ernesto Sábato and Patricia Highsmith, and permeated by the twisted shadow of Aleister Crowley, \u003cb\u003eBlack Bile\u003c\/b\u003e constructs a psychological labyrinth in which horror does not arise from the supernatural, but from the domination exerted over consciousness and the fragility of a fractured self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDIARIO DE OAXACA\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\"Samantha Devin weaves each paragraph with the cool composure of \u003cb\u003ePatricia Highsmith\u003c\/b\u003e while constructing a gothic architecture of inner horror. Black Bile carries all those elements with the addition of psychological labyrinths where the obsessions of \u003cb\u003eErnesto Sábato\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan Poe\u003c\/b\u003e endure.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003eEUROPA PRESS\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\"An unsettling walk through the abyss of madness. Black Bile is a disconcerting work steeped in a dark and disturbing atmosphere. The outcome of this narrative thread is a solid and excellent story that hooks the reader from the first pages. Samantha Devin moves in the genre like a fish in water, sustaining the reader's interest intensely on every page and creating an expert, highly addictive atmosphere of suspense.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003eEL PAÍS\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\"Knowing reality can become our worst nightmare.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003eEL MUNDO\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eSamantha Devin publishes her first novel, approaching the dizzying edge of mental illness and questioning the very concept of reality.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamantha Devin is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArcadia: A Modern Tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeroica\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work, published internationally, blends literary fiction with contemporary metaphysics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Devin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913209156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913209155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aristeia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Samantha Devin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445863362815,"sku":"9781913209155","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1250c66-3ac7-472d-82ea-cd7a787f038f.jpg?v=1777221142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-bile-samantha-devin-9781913209155","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}