Fools of Fortune - Couverture souple

William Trevor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140068767 ISBN 13 : 9780140068764

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1984

Synopsis

191 pages. Bon état Couv. légèrement pliée Intérieur acceptable In-12 Carré Broché A powerful drama of love and fidelity. A Pat O'Connor film starring Julie Christie, Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fools of Fortune - William Trevor's astonishing, prize-winning novel about courage and love Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award 'To my mind Trevor's best novel and a very fine one' Graham Greene 'William Trevor at his best' New York Times When an informer's body is found shortly after the First World War on the estate of the Quintons, a wealthy Irish family, an appalling cycle of revenge is set in motion. Led by a zealous sergeant, the Black and Tans fire the family home, and only young Willie and his mother Evie escape alive. Fatherless, Willie grows into manhood while his alcoholic mother's bitter resentment festers. And though he finds love, Willie, too, seems unable to forget the terrible injuries of the past ... 'Arresting, powerful and indelible. A story of courage and love ... as tender and wistful as an Irish lament' Washington Post Readers of The Story of Lucy Gault and Love and Summer will adore Fools of Fortune. It will also be cherished by readers of Colm Toibin and William Boyd. William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written eighteen novels and novellas, and hundreds of short stories, for which he has won a number of prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. His books in Penguin are: After Rain; A Bit on the Side; Bodily Secrets; Cheating at Canasta; The Children of Dynmouth; The Collected Stories (Volumes One and Two); Death in Summer; Felicia's Journey; Fools of Fortune; The Hill Bachelors; Love and Summer; The Mark-2 Wife; Selected Stories; The Story of Lucy Gault and Two Lives.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fools of Fortune by William Trevor - a classic early novel from one of the world's greatest writersWinner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the YearMurder and revenge during the Irish Civil WarThe Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer to the British, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge.Till now young Willy Quinton has led a pleasant, cosseted life. But the murder of his father and sisters by British soldiers brings him to a point when he can only contemplate revenge himself. He sets off for Liverpool with hatred in his heart. Will he survive? Will the cycle ever be broken?'To my mind William Trevor's best novel and a very fine one' Graham GreeneWilliam Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, in 1928. He spent his childhood in Ireland and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, but has lived in England for many years. An acknowledged master of the short-story form, he has also written many highly acclaimed novels: he has won the Whitbread Fiction Prize three times and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize four times. His most recent novel was Love and Summer (Penguin, 2010).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0140068767
• ISBN 13: 9780140068764
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192