El open wounds book It was at the time a splendid debut for the great crime, drama and mystery writer Gillian Flynn. Let's discover together what this peculiar story is about.
Gillian Flynn, literature with a flavor of police journalism
When the open wounds book (Sharp Objects in English, literally, Sharp Objects) was published in 2006, its author Gillian Flynn carried on her back a baggage other than pure fiction. With more than fifteen years of experience in the field of journalism, particularly with a failed period in the police department, Flynn knew well the ins and outs of a criminal investigation and the pragmatic discipline that narrating it requires.
With her stint as a television critic, she was also familiar with all the clichés associated with the genre. And as a regular viewer of horror films since childhood, she had a particular taste for the twisted.
The combination of these resources gave rise to one of the most acclaimed and best-selling works of the genre, from the work in question, through Dark Places and the phenomenon Gone Girl. His talent was recognized by mainstays like Stephen King and specialty awards like the CWA New Blood. Soon his stories would make a brilliant leap to the audiovisual medium, guided by his own scriptwriting hand.
In the following video you will be able to see a deeper review of Gillian Flynn's career, including the criticism she has received from feminist circles and her defense in this regard.
Open Wounds: Family, Crime and Madness
What is the open wounds book? The entire plot revolves around a police journalist, as Flynn was at the time of her, called Camille Preaker, who must investigate a series of crimes perpetrated in the town of Wind Gap against a couple of teenagers. The girls have appeared strangled and with all their teeth removed.
The job has a dark personal touch for Camille: Wind Gap is her hometown, where her mother, stepfather and little stepsister live. Her experiences there are painful. Her sister Marian de Ella died of a rare illness in her youth and Camille has been dealing with urges to depression and self-harm since the event. She finds herself covered in self-inflicted scars.
His mother, cold, petty and mentally unstable, does not improve things. Neither does her little thirteen-year-old daughter, Amma, whose temperament varies between childlike tenderness and perverseness. Soon the criminal investigation will intersect with the family drama in unusual ways, in a dreamlike tangle of self-deception, self-destruction and sadism.
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