by Sarah Waters · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264041074
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«Du bout des doigts» is the historical novel by Sarah Waters published in paperback in the 10/18 collection, with 749 pages and text in French.
In Victorian London of 1862, Sue Trinder, an orphan raised among thieves, takes part in a plan to deceive a wealthy heiress. The story becomes entangled with secrets, hidden libraries, and an unforeseen attraction between two women, in a game of deceit and forbidden passions.
Translation by Erika Abrams of the English original «Fingersmith» (2002). The work was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award and the Lambda Literary Award.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction, mystery, and romance with LGBTQ+ characters and a Victorian setting.
Sarah Ann Waters is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet (1998) and Fingersmith (2002). Both novels were adapted into TV mini-series by BBC in 2002 and 2005 respectively. The latter novel was also adapted into the South Korean film The Handmaiden (2016).
