A grave and beautiful story, exquisitely composed and cut to a jewel-like fineness
DAILY TELEGRAPH
A gem of a novel
TAMSIN HARGREAVES
Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.
Les mer
*A masterpiece of passion, reticence, and self-denial by one of the twentieth century's greatest writers
A grave and beautiful story, exquisitely composed and cut to a jewel-like fineness - DAILY TELEGRAPHA gem of a novel - TAMSIN HARGREAVES
*A masterpiece of passion, reticence, and self-denial by one of the twentieth century's greatest writers
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781844083176
Publisert
2006-05-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
201 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
131 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288
Forfatter