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A novelization of the case of Grace Marks, who's been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace.

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A novelization of the case of Grace Marks, who's been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace.
Autorenporträt
Margaret Atwood (Ottawa, 1939) es una de las escritoras canadienses de mayor renombre internacional. Autora prolífica, ha cultivado diversos géneros literarios y su obra ha sido traducida a más de cuarenta idiomas. Entre sus novelas destacan, además de Alias Grace (Salamandra, 2017), El cuento de la criada (Salamandra, 2017) y Ojo de gato, finalistas del Premio Booker, un galardón que obtuvo con El asesino ciego, su décima novela. En Salamandra ha publicado también Por último, el corazón (2016). Ha recibido asimismo el Governor General's Award, la Orden de las Artes y las Letras, el Premio Montale, el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, el Premio Nelly Sachs, el Premio Giller, el National Arts Club Literary Award, el Premio Internacional Franz Kafka y el Premio de la Paz del Gremio de los Libreros Alemanes.