Cursed Bread
Product available on: 01/05/2023
Price: £50.39
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Another darkly-sensuous tale from the author of The Water Cure
In a small French town shortly following the second world war, Elodie, the baker's wife, finds herself lonely and desperate to feel alive, to feel passion ... READ MORE
A complete whirlwind!
This book was a whirlwind 184 pages. It felt like a fever dream. We follow a woman called Elodie who is reminiscing on a poignant moment in her life (based... READ MORE
A fascinating account of a woman's sexual obsession
More than the poisoning, the capturing element of this novel is the main character Elodie's obsessive behaviour and longing for a life that wasn't her own.... READ MORE
A darkly strange intoxication
Cursed Bread takes a real incident of mass-poisoning and builds a story of sex, repression, and obsession around it. Mackintosh tells her story through the... READ MORE
A bit of fact, a bit of titillation: an abundance of quality.
Did you watch 'The Last of Us' and at some point think, 'hmm, the origin of this profound disaster seems terrifying plausible'? Well, allow me to partiall... READ MORE
Atmospheric, complex, and haunting
A fictional take on the 1951 mass poisoning of Pon Saint Espirit, a small French village, this novel is an atmospheric, complex, and haunting read. Elodie'... READ MORE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241677193
- Dimensions: 2 x 9 mm
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allIntoxicating Prose From A Master Stylist
Mackintosh takes as her source material the 1951 mass poisoning of a small French town, in which over 250 people were driven to madness or death.
It is to ... READ MORE
Le Pain Maudit
Sophie Mackintosh’s debut “The Water Cure” used a feminist dystopian treatment of toxic masculinity taken to its literal conclusion, as the starting point ... READ MORE
not my style
Cursed bread was my first Sophie Mackintosh book. I want to give this author another go because I was lost in a fog of words while reading this one
Not for me unfortunately
the writing in this book is phenomenal and captivating, when i'd pick it up i'd just want to read it all. however, the plot was lost on me if I'm being hon... READ MORE
Good if you like to read in a fever dream
I read this as part of my Women's Prize for Fiction longlist challenge and I have to say it's one of my least favourites on the list (I've read 11 out of t... READ MORE
Could be so much better.
Such great source material - the real and unexplained mass poisoning in a small French town in 1951 - reimagined in this novel, should make for a great boo... READ MORE
Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted
Thank you to the publishers for this review copy, this hit my radar as soon as the Women's Prize for fiction longlist was announced.
The story is gripping ... READ MORE
Recommended
This book made me think of some Middle Age chronicles that talk about what happened when people ate food mixed with ergot.
It's a strange story but it's al... READ MORE
Can I give it more stars please?
Fantastic book. Enough mystery to engage you but not so much you gent entangled with it. I imagine fans of “Chocolat” by Joanne Harris might enjoy this. I’... READ MORE