A History of Loneliness - Brossura

Boyne, John

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ISBN 10: 0385683308 ISBN 13: 9780385683302

Casa editrice: Doubleday Canada, 2015

Riassunto

The life of a good priest in Ireland over the past 50 years provokes one of John Boyne's most powerful novels yet.
   Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to his studies and keen to make friends.
     Forty years later, Odran's devotion has been challenged by the revelations that have shattered the Irish people's faith in the church. He has seen friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed and has become nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insulting remarks.
     But when a family tragedy opens wounds from his past, he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within a once respected institution and recognise his own complicity in their propagation.
    It has taken John Boyne fifteen years and twelve novels to write about his home country of Ireland but he has done so now in his most powerful novel to date, a novel about blind dogma and moral courage, and about the dark places where the two can meet. At once courageous and intensely personal, A History of Loneliness confirms Boyne as one of the most searching chroniclers of his generation.

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L'autore:

JOHN BOYNE was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of eight novels for adults and four for younger readers, including the international bestseller The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which was made into a Miramax feature film and has sold more than five million copies worldwide. His novels are published in over forty-five languages. He is married and lives in Dublin. Visit www.johnboyne.com.

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• Editore: Doubleday Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0385683308
• ISBN 13: 9780385683302
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224