Science fiction
Historical fiction
Thriller
1995
Prestige by Christopher Priest
Published in Spanish as El Prestigio
Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective…
What it is
Told in letters, diaries or messages · it messes with your head
What happens in it
Unreliable narrator
Letters and diaries
Twist ending
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Structure
- Jumps in time
- Who tells it
- Letters and documents
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like an ending that makes you rethink everything
- you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
- you like a book that leaves you uneasy
Maybe not if…
- you prefer a story told in order
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