Possession booker intimate portrait of a man

intimate portrait of a man continually remaking himself in the face of both personal tragedy and creative triumph

a story that encompasses the entire Russian 20th century with all its horrors and hard-won humanity

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and the hidden lives of women

Possession booker intimate portrait of a manPossession traces the lives of a pair of young academics as they uncover a clandestine relationship between two long dead Victorian poets. As they unearth their letters, journals, and poems, and track their movements from London to Yorkshirefrom spiritualist sances to the fairy haunted far west of Brittanywhat emerges is an extraordinary counterpoint of passions and ideas. Booker Prize Winner. National Bestseller.