Peeling Oranges - Brossura

Lawless, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1905706065 ISBN 13: 9781905706068

Casa editrice: Killynon House Books, Limited, 2007

Riassunto

Peeling Oranges tells the story of how Derek Foley, while sifting through his late father's diaries and his mother's correspondence with an IRA man, discovers that Patrick Foley, a diplomat in Franco's Spain, was not really his father. Derek's mother, who is ailing, is unwilling to discuss the past, forcing her son on a quest that will plunge him into the early history of Irish diplomacy, taking him to Spain and later to Northern Ireland, until he discovers who his real father was -- with tragic consequences. Peeling Oranges is a novel full of personal and political intrigue, fraught with ideology, as it intersects the histories of two emergent nations -- Ireland and Spain. It is also a beautiful and lyrically written love story of childhood sweethearts -- the apolitical Derek and the passionate nationalist, Sinead Ni Shuileabhain.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dublin born James Lawless is the author of the well-received novels Peeling Oranges, For Love of Anna, The Avenue and Finding Penelope and an acclaimed study of modern poetry Clearing The Tangled Wood: Poetry as a way of seeing the world for which he received an arts’ bursary. Awards he has won include the Scintilla Welsh Open Poetry Competition, the Cecil Day Lewis Award, the Sunday Tribune/Hennessy and Willesden Herald award nominations, the WOW Award and a Biscuit International Prize for short stories. A collection of his poems Rus in Urbe was published in 2012. You can read more about the author at www.jameslawless.net

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Killynon House Books, Limited
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1905706065
• ISBN 13: 9781905706068
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240