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"A sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's youth, vividly exploring innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Switzerland, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this "year without a summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron and his companion John Polidori. Anguished by the recent loss of her child, Mary spends her days in strife. But come nightfall, the friends while away rainy wine-soaked evenings gathered around the fireplace, exchanging stories. One famous evening, Byron issues a challenge to write the best ghost story. Contemplating what to write, Mary recalls another summer, when she was fourteen... Scotland, 1812. A guest of the Baxter family, Mary arrives in Dundee, befriending young Isabella Baxter. The girls soon spend hours together wandering through fields and forests, concocting tales about mythical Scottish creatures, ghosts and monsters roaming the lowlands. As their bond deepens, Mary and Isabella's feelings for each other intensify. But someone has been watching them-the charismatic and vaguely sinister Mr. Booth, Isabella's older brother-in-law, who may not be as benevolent as he purports to be... With gripping mastery and verve, Anne Eekhout brings to life a defining moment in Mary Shelley's youth: the creative wellspring for one of the most original, thrilling, and timeless pieces of literature ever written. Provocative, wonderfully atmospheric and pulsing with emotion, Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein is a hypnotic ode to the power of imagination"--… (altro)
How did Mary meet her monster? Dutch author Anne Eekhout looks intensely at two pivotal time periods: June to October 1812, when a not quite fifteen year old Mary Godwin goes to Dundee, Scotland to stay at the home of the Baxter family, and four years later (May - August 1816) during the fateful visit to Byron in Geneva with Shelley and and her stepsister Claire, and where the famous ghost story challenge occurs. The novel alternates between the two locales as does the narration, from first person (Scotland) to third (Geneva). In Scotland Mary quickly bonds with members of the Baxter family, but is particularly drawn to Isabella who is very close to her own age, and whose mother has recently died. There is another Baxter daughter, Margaret, married to Mr. Booth and they live nearby. It’s all very pleasant at first, but it soon becomes clear that Mr. Booth has some sort of strange hold on the entire Baxter family. When first visiting his home Mary learns that Margaret is in a wheelchair from a fall she suffered shortly after marrying Mr. Booth. Margaret dies not long after this visit. And then there is the strange creature Mary and Isabella observe one day while rambling in the woods…
In Geneva, Mary has to contend with the awful weather, mothering her baby son, the unwanted attentions of Dr. Polidari, the jealousy (?) of Percy (Byron appears to like Mary better than him), her new grief over the death of her first child, old grief over the loss of her mother at birth and her own anger and jealousy over Percy’s emotional and most likely physical relationship to Claire. With all this going on, will she recognize that deep within her there is indeed a story to tell?
Atmospheric and lyrical, this is a beautiful (and beautifully translated) novel for lovers of all things “Frankenstein.” ( )
An interesting idea, flashing between Mary Shelley's time in Scotland and the summer of 1816 in Switzerland. But the idea proved the best part of the book for me; I didn't get much out of it, alas. I'm sure others will find it much more enjoyable. ( )
"A sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's youth, vividly exploring innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Switzerland, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this "year without a summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron and his companion John Polidori. Anguished by the recent loss of her child, Mary spends her days in strife. But come nightfall, the friends while away rainy wine-soaked evenings gathered around the fireplace, exchanging stories. One famous evening, Byron issues a challenge to write the best ghost story. Contemplating what to write, Mary recalls another summer, when she was fourteen... Scotland, 1812. A guest of the Baxter family, Mary arrives in Dundee, befriending young Isabella Baxter. The girls soon spend hours together wandering through fields and forests, concocting tales about mythical Scottish creatures, ghosts and monsters roaming the lowlands. As their bond deepens, Mary and Isabella's feelings for each other intensify. But someone has been watching them-the charismatic and vaguely sinister Mr. Booth, Isabella's older brother-in-law, who may not be as benevolent as he purports to be... With gripping mastery and verve, Anne Eekhout brings to life a defining moment in Mary Shelley's youth: the creative wellspring for one of the most original, thrilling, and timeless pieces of literature ever written. Provocative, wonderfully atmospheric and pulsing with emotion, Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein is a hypnotic ode to the power of imagination"--
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In Geneva, Mary has to contend with the awful weather, mothering her baby son, the unwanted attentions of Dr. Polidari, the jealousy (?) of Percy (Byron appears to like Mary better than him), her new grief over the death of her first child, old grief over the loss of her mother at birth and her own anger and jealousy over Percy’s emotional and most likely physical relationship to Claire. With all this going on, will she recognize that deep within her there is indeed a story to tell?
Atmospheric and lyrical, this is a beautiful (and beautifully translated) novel for lovers of all things “Frankenstein.” (