The Three Incestuous Sisters

Book is in very good condition. No marks on the front or back cover. Pages are nice and clean.

This is the story of three sisters - Clothilde, Ophile and Bettine - who live together in a lonely house by the sea. All three become rivals in love for Paris, the lighthouse-keeper's son, but the sibling rivalry becomes too much for Clothilde and Ophile when Bettine becomes pregnant with his child.

Before she wrote The Time Traveler's Wife, now a bestseller all around the world, Audrey Niffenegger's books were beautiful, handmade, exquisitely illustrated tales, published in editions as small as ten copies. They took many years to create, were bought by collectors and have been seen by few people. At last, as part of its acclaimed and very successful list of graphic books, Cape is delighted to publish The Three Incestuous Sisters in a beautiful edition at an affordable price. It is the story of three sisters, Clothilde, Ophile and Bettine, who live together in a lonely house by the sea. All three are rivals for the love of Paris, the lighthouse-keeper's son. When Paris chooses Bettine, and she becomes pregnant, the other sisters are jealous. Eventually, after the baby is born, they cause Bettine's death. Paris runs away to sea and Ophile, overwhelmed by remorse, throws herself from the lighthouse. Clothilde lives on in the house, sad and alone. Then one day a circus comes to town. In it is an amazing flying boy. She recognizes him as Bettine's child...

Author(s):

Niffenegger, Audrey

Condition:

Fine

Format:

Hardback

ISBN-10:

0224076868

Publisher:

Jonathan Cape