The Forgotten Waltz - Couverture rigide

Enright, Anne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 039307255X ISBN 13 : 9780393072556

Editeur : W W Norton & Co Inc, 2011

Synopsis

In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, it has snowed. Gina Moynihan, girl about town, recalls the trail of lust and happenstance that brought her to fall for "the love of her life," Se n Vallely. As the city outside comes to a halt, Gina remembers their affair: long afternoons made blank by bliss and denial. Now, as the silent streets and falling snow make the day luminous and full of possibility, Gina awaits the arrival of Se n's fragile, twelve-year-old daughter, Evie-the complication, and gravity, of this second life. In this extraordinary novel, Anne Enright speaks directly to the readers she won with The Gathering. Here again is the momentous drama of everyday life; the volatile connections between people; the wry, accurate take on families, marriage, and brittle middle age. With The Forgotten Waltz Enright turns her attention to love, following another unforgettable heroine on a journey of the heart. Writing at the height of her powers, this is Enright's tour de force, a novel of intelligence, passion, and distinction.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Forgotten Waltz is a memory of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing. In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, in the winter of 2009, it has snowed. Gina Moynihan, girl about town, recalls the trail of lust and happenstance that brought her to fall for 'the love of her life', Seán Vallely. As the city outside comes to a halt, Gina remembers the days of their affair in one hotel room or another: long afternoons made blank by bliss and denial. Now, as the silent streets and the stillness and vertigo of the falling snow make the day luminous and full of possibility, Gina waits the arrival on her doorstep of Seán's fragile, twelve-year-old daughter, Evie - the complication, and gravity, of this second life.

In this extraordinary novel, this opening book of secrets, Anne Enright speaks directly to the readers she won with the success of The Gathering. Here, again, is the sudden, momentous drama of everyday life, the volatile connections between people; that fresh eye for each flinch and gesture; the wry, accurate take on families, marriage, brittle middle age. The same verve and humour and breathtaking control are evident; the ability to merge the ordinary and the beautiful. With The Forgotten Waltz Enright turns her attention fully to love - you might even call it romance - as she follows another flawed and unforgettable heroine on a journey of the heart. Writing at the height of her powers, this is Anne Enright's tour de force, a novel of intelligence, passion and real distinction.

Revue de presse :

"That's the Anne Enright voice all right - wry, disabused, reckless, candid, funny" (Hermione Lee Guardian)

"This beautifully written, lyrical novel is a portrait of family tensions and the listless half-light in which a mistress must live" (Jane Clinton Sunday Express)

"Enright has taken a simple plot and produced a touching novel that examines the cost - and the compensations - of love. The heroine is both plausible and sympathetic, while the supporting cast is marshalled with skill, tenderness and humour" (Max Davidson Mail on Sunday)

"A simply and beautifully told tale" (Lady)

"A simple tale of adultery and its consequences, told from a female perspective...Enright risks an over-familiarity of the subject matter, but she has brought it off superbly" (Daily Telegraph)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 039307255X
• ISBN 13: 9780393072556
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 263