Knight Rebecca Dinerstein - Hex - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: One of Vanity Fair's 21 Best Books of 2020 (So Far) A Vulture Lit Hub and Pure Wow Most Anticipated Book of 2020" As precise as any scientific observation and far more tantalizing." - - Vogue" A sophisticated surprising take on the campus novel (with a welcome dose of witchery). Knight's writing feels a little wild and charged as if you're constantly on the edge of discovering something new with her." - - Goop" Hex is some dark and joyous witchery." - - Lauren Groff author of Florida" A beautiful spooky spell." - - Jenny Slate actress and author of Little Weirds A breathtaking and hypnotic novel about poison antidotes and obsessive love Nell Barber an expelled Ph D candidate in biological science is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor Dr. Joan Kallas is the hero of Nell's heart. Nell frequently finds herself standing in the doorway to Joan's office despite herself mesmerized by Joan's elegance success and spiritual force. Surrounded by Nell's ex her best friend her best friend's boyfriend and Joan's buffoonish husband the two scientists are tangled together at the center of a web of illicit relationships grudges and obsessions. All six are burdened by desire and ambition and as they collide on the university campus their attractions set in motion a domino effect of affairs and heartbreak. Meanwhile Nell slowly fills her empty apartment with poisonous plants to study and she begins to keep a series of notebooks all dedicated to Joan. She logs her research and how she spends her days but the notebooks ultimately become a painstaking map of love. In a dazzling and unforgettable voice Rebecca Dinerstein Knight has written a spellbinding novel of emotional and intellectual intensity.
Title: Hex
Author(s): Knight Rebecca Dinerstein
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781984877390
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/30/2021