Samantha Hunt was born in in Pound Ridge, New York, the youngest of six siblings. She was raised in a house built in which wasn't haunted in the traditional sense but was so overstuffed with books— good and bad ones— that it had the effect of haunting Hunt all the same/5. Mr. Splitfoot (), a contemporary gothic novel by Samantha Hunt, follows a young girl who unearths long-hidden family secrets when she channels her dead aunt. The book has been praised for its careful plotting and narrative structure, its intelligent characterization, and its atmosphere. Let's get the obvious out of the way: Samantha Hunt's "Mr. Splitfoot" often reads like a direct descendant of Katheryn Dunn's "Geek Love." Both book feature ubiquitous, creepily beautiful bodily difference that is capitalized upon for profit, malevolent cult leaders, and an argument that a world defined by normative bodies is necessarily limiting and restrictive%.
The historical and the fantastical entwine like snakes in Samantha Hunt's fiction. Her first novel,"The Seas" (), caught the tale of a mermaid who loved an Iraq War vet. "The Invention. Samantha Hunt. This Study Guide consists of approximately 86 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Mr. Splitfoot. Print Word PDF. This section contains words. (approx. 2 pages at words per page). Though these are early days, I suspect that Samantha Hunt's third novel, "Mr. Splitfoot," will haunt me. Hunt, who was a finalist for the Orange Prize with her novel, "The Invention.
Samantha Hunt’s third novel, Mr. Splitfoot, is a horror story, though the kind of horror that tends to bob and weave with the reader. This review will be split, like a cloven hoof. Mr. Splitfoot (), a contemporary gothic novel by Samantha Hunt, follows a young girl who unearths long-hidden family secrets when she channels her dead aunt. The book has been praised for its careful plotting and narrative structure, its intelligent characterization, and its atmosphere. Mr. Splitfoot: A Novel - Kindle edition by Hunt, Samantha. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mr. Splitfoot: A Novel.
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