Niall Williams

Broschiertes Buch

Time of the Child

Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award

Beschreibung

**Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award** **The instant Irish Times Top Ten bestseller** A heartbreaking and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love 'I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams' Ann Patchett 'A rich and gorgeous book' The Times, The 10 best historical fiction books of 2024 'Irresistible . A powerful pleasure' Karen Joy Fowler 'Deeply compassionate' Guardian 'Slow, rich, immaculate ... One of the most affecting books I've ever read ' The Times 'A beautifully written novel about second chances and familial love' Observer 'A story brimming with kindness and courage' Mail on Sunday 'A warm and life-affirming story about ordinary people going to extraordinary lengths' Irish Times 'Line by line, it may be the most beautifully written novel I've read this year' Washington Post _____________________________________ 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

Autor

Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. His critically acclaimed and bestselling fiction has been shortlisted for the Irish Times Literature Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the IMPAC Award. Williams' debut novel Four Letters of Love, an international bestseller, has been adapted by the author for screen and will star Helena Bonham-Carter, Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne. His most recent novel Time of the Child was an instant Irish Times bestseller and was awarded the Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, with his wife, Christine. niallwilliams.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781526675170
• ISBN-10: 152667517X
• Artikelnr.: 69876199

Rezensionen

There is something of Trollope's Barsetshire here, in the sense of an entire place rendered in fine detail ... Williams's phrasing is immaculate and even the smallest characters are drawn with attention and detail. But Dr Troy is the heart of this slow, rich novel. The scene in which he dances with the baby in a quiet kitchen is one of the most affecting I've read The Times

An exquisite portrayal of everyday life in the rural west Ireland of 1962 . . . Akin to Dickens in his observations, Williams' descriptions of gesture hint at his characters' interior landscapes. Kind and funny, this needs a great film director.