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Such Small Hands

2017 | Contemporary | Horror | Paranormal | Science Fiction/Fantasy

Her father died instantly, her mother in the hospital. She has learned to say this flatly and without emotion, the way she says her name (Marina), her doll's name (also Marina) and her age (seven). Her parents were killed in a car crash and now she lives in the orphanage with the other little girls. But Marina is not like the other little girls.In the curious, hyperreal, feverishly serious world of childhood, Marina and the girls play games of desire and warfare. The daily rituals of playtime, lunchtime and bedtime are charged with a horror; horror is licked by the dark flames of love. When Marina introduces the girls to Marina the Doll, she sets in motion a chain of events from which there can be no release.With shades of Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro and Mariana Enriquez, Such Small Hands is a beautifully controlled tour-de-force, a bedtime story to keep readers awake.



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Andrés Barba Such Small Hands Spanish paranormal

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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated

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Such Small Hands
Such Small Hands
Andrés Barba | 2017 | Contemporary, Horror, Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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This beautifully made little book walks that tightrope of being beautifully poetic and enormously pretentious. Why say in a few words when you can revel in your own genius? Because of this the words lose some of their bite which is a shame because before it started disappearing up the authors own arse , it could have been a dark gothic masterpiece.