Sive - Brossura

Keane, John B.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1856356515 ISBN 13: 9781856356510

Casa editrice: Mercier Pr Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Sive is a young and beautiful orphan who lives with her uncle Mike, his wife Mena and his mother Nanna. A local matchmaker, Thomasheen Sean Rua, wants Sive to marry an old man called Sean Dota. Thomasheen convinces Mike and Mena to organise the marriage. They will receive a sum of two hundred pounds as soon as she marries him. However, Sive is in love with a young man, Liam Scuab. But Liam is not suitable and is refused permission to marry Sive. Sive is distraught but is forced to do the will of her uncle and his bitter wife. Faced with an unthinkable future she takes the only choice left to her. Set against the harsh poverty and difficult times of 1950s Ireland, Sive caused considerable controversy on its debut in February 1959. Since then it has become an established part of Ireland's theatrical canon.

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L'autore:

John B. Keane, playwright, poet and novelist, was born in Listowel, Co. Kerry in 1928 and died in his home town on 30 May 2002. One of Ireland's most well-known writers, his plays include: The Field, Sharon's Grave, Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man from Clare, The Year of the Hiker, Moll, The Change in Mame Fadden, Values, The Crazy Wall and The Buds of Ballybunion. He wrote many bestsellers, including Letters of a Successful TD, Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, Letters of an Irish Publican, Letters of a Matchmaker, Letters of a Love Hungry Farmer, Durango, The Contractors and The Bodhran Makers. Joanna Keane O'Flynn is John B's daughter and lives in Listowel with her family.

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• Editore: Mercier Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1856356515
• ISBN 13: 9781856356510
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 128