The Reincarnation of the Klun Sisters

Horror
Thriller

The dark side of an Italian family in a breathtaking thriller suspended between horror and esotericism.

Italy, 1950s. When the two little Klun sisters die in a hit-and-run, their father doesn’t give up and believes that their destiny is to come back to life, being reincarnated in the twins his wife gives birth to. From birth, one of the two little ones shows disturbing supernatural signs.
Present day: a police officer without talent and intuition investigates the death of the two husbands of Rina Monforte, a follower of a millennial sect called the Association and the lover of its charismatic spokesperson: the writer Attila Mesmeri Tribolati.
1970s: an orphan is adopted and raised in secret by a Jesuit in a monastery lost in the woods, learning the ancient art of invisibility.
Stories and characters distant in time and space that are apparently unrelated and are instead united by an intricate design of Light and Darkness that will lead to unexpected and terrifying discoveries.

  • Kabbalah, witchcraft, ancient (like the Rosicrucian Order) and modern sects, apocryphal gospels, alchemy: the esoteric paraphernalia that has always fascinated a large proportion of readers.
  • A fusion of genres assembled as in a TV series rich in plot twists, pace and cliffhangers.
Publisher: Mondadori
Target: Adults
Year: 2022
Author
Manlio Castagna

Screenwriter, director, author, and film critic, he spent over 20 years as part of the artistic direction of the Giffoni Film Festival.
He made his debut in children's fiction in 2018 with the bestselling Petrademone trilogy (Mondadori), translated into several languages. Since then, he has explored a wide range of genres: from the historical fantasy of La notte delle malombre and Di fuoco e seta (both longlisted for the Strega Ragazzi Award and finalists in various literary prizes), to the horror of Goodwill and Nessuno verrà a prenderti, to nonfiction with the cinema guide 116 Movies to See Before You’re 16, and the genre-bending novel Dedalo & Dharma, all the way to social noir with Barriera (all published by the Mondadori Group).
The Reincarnation of the Klun Sisters and Try Not to Sleep are his adult fiction titles.
In 2022, he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in cinema with Il viaggio degli eroi, produced by Rai Cinema and awarded with record-breaking viewership on Rai1.

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