Disquiet

Accompanied by two young children, Olivia has left a violent marriage and returned to her childhood home, an austere chateau surrounded by formal gardens. She considers herself to be already 'murdered', dead before dying. At the same time as this unannounced homecoming another couple are expected at the chateau: her brother Marcus and his wife Sophie are due back from the hospital with their newborn. In this brittle world of emotional control everyone tries to hold themselves together as a tragic secret pushes them towards breaking point . . . A darkly mesmerising tale, Disquiet is disturbing, atmospheric, subtle and quite brilliant.

Review: aA powerful and disquieting novella, a work of fiction so infused with the practices of film that, while each scene is fully and even vividly realized in words, it also translates quite naturally into film, into a visually rich action taking place before the inner eye.a

aJ. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace"

aThis is a writer with terrifying control of the dreamscape. And, yes, those are the ones to watch out for.a

a "The Los Angeles Times"

aIan McEwanas Atonement comes to mindabut Leigh has a hypnotic power all her own.a

a"People"

aHypnotica]Leigh sustains the tension between life and death until the very end. It's difficult to imagine a reader who will not be electrified by this haunting, masterfully told story. Indeed, it's difficult to imagine a reader who will not be changed by it.a

a "Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

aArtfully fulfilling the promise a or threat a of its title, the tale exudes a chill moonlight beauty, a tribute to the finesse of its author, Julia Leigh.a

a"The Boston Globe"

a[Leighas] mentor was the Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, and this gothic little book is the result of that pairing.a

a"NY Times"

A powerful and disquieting novella, a work of fiction so infused with the practices of film that, while each scene is fully and even vividly realized in words, it also translates quite naturally into film, into a visually rich action taking place before the inner eye.

J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace"

This is a writer with terrifying control of the dreamscape. And, yes, those are the ones to watch out for.

"The Los Angeles Times"

Ian McEwan s Atonement comes to mind but Leigh has a hypnotic power all her own.

"People"

Hypnotic Leigh sustains the tension between life and death until the very end. It's difficult to imagine a reader who will not be electrified by this haunting, masterfully told story. Indeed, it's difficult to imagine a reader who will not be changed by it.

"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

Artfully fulfilling the promise or threat of its title, the tale exudes a chill moonlight beauty, a tribute to the finesse

?A powerful and disquieting novella, a work of fiction so infused with the practices of film that, while each scene is fully and even vividly realized in words, it also translates quite naturally into film, into a visually rich action taking place before the inner eye.?

?J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace"

?This is a writer with terrifying control of the dreamscape. And, yes, those are the ones to watch out for.?

? "The Los Angeles Times"

?Ian McEwan's Atonement comes to mind?but Leigh has a hypnotic power all her own.?

?"People"

?Hypnotic?Leigh sustains the tension between life and death until the very end. It's difficult to imagine a reader who will not be electrified by this haunting, masterfully told story. Indeed, it's difficult to imagine a reader who will not be changed by it.?

? "Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)