by A. S. Byatt
First published 2021
In 1870s London, a young woman named Viola seeks out an elderly medium to summon the spirit of her lost love. As the séance unfolds, the veiled secrets of their relationship are slowly revealed, exposing a tangled web of desire, betrayal, and the desperate search for connection across the divide of death. Against the atmospheric backdrop of Victorian England, Byatt weaves a captivating tale of the power of the unseen to shape and shatter lives.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, fantasy, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: forbidden-love, supernatural-elements
Setting: London
Period: 1870s
80 pages · Hardcover · Swedenborg Society
Content warnings: death