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TIME OF THE CHILD

Williams, Niall

Εκδότης Bloomsbury , ISBN 9781526675156

Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in the little town of Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from his community. A visit from the doctor is always a sign of bad things to come.

His youngest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father's shadow, and remains there, having missed her chance at real love - and passed up an offer of marriage from an unsuitable man.

But in the advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy's lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughter's lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever.

'My own life feels richer having read it' Mary Beth Keane
'A triumph ... There is so much to admire: the lyrical language, how landscape and destiny intertwine, the complex bonds of community' Ron Rash

Περίληψη

Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in the little town of Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from his community. A visit from the doctor is always a sign of bad things to come.

His youngest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father's shadow, and remains there, having missed her chance at real love - and passed up an offer of marriage from an unsuitable man.

But in the advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy's lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughter's lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever.

'My own life feels richer having read it' Mary Beth Keane
'A triumph ... There is so much to admire: the lyrical language, how landscape and destiny intertwine, the complex bonds of community' Ron Rash

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Williams, Niall
  • Eκδότης Bloomsbury
  • ISBN 9781526675156
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100091642
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2025
  • Σελίδες 304
  • Διαστάσεις 20χ13
  • Βάρος 350 gr

Williams, Niall

Συγγραφέας

Ο Niall Williams (1958) γεννήθηκε στο Δουβλίνο, όπου και σπούδασε γαλλική, αγγλική και αμερικανική φιλολογία. Το 1980 μετακόμισε στη Νέα Υόρκη, απ’ όπου επέστρεψε το 1985 αποφασίζοντας να ζήσει στην ιρλανδική ύπαιθρο, στο δυτικό Κλερ. Έχει γράψει μυθιστορήματα, θεατρικά έργα, σενάρια και, μαζί με τη σύζυγό του, Christine Breen, αυτοβιογραφικά βιβλία για τη ζωή στην εξοχή. Το μυθιστόρημά του History of the Rain ήταν υποψήφιο για το βραβείο Μπούκερ 2014. Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. He studied English and French literature at University College Dublin before graduating with a Master's degree in Modern American Literature. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen, whom he had met while she was a Master's student also at UCD, and took his first job opening boxes of books in Fox and Sutherland's bookshop in Mount Kisco. He later worked as a copywriter for Avon Books in New York City before leaving America with Chris in 1985 to attempt to make a life as a writer. They moved on April 1st to the cottage in west Clare that Chris's grandfather had left eighty years before to find his life in America. His first four books were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Kiltumper in west Clare. In 1991 Niall's first play 'The Murphy Initiative' was staged at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His second play, 'A Little Like Paradise' was produced on the Peacock stage of The Abbey Theatre in 1995. His third play, 'The Way You Look Tonight,' was produced by Galway's Druid Theatre Company in 1999.

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