Text| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Fiction Collection | 823.914 OCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R15886FKRC |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Dublin, 1907. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic girl from the slums of Dublin, dreaming of stardom in America. Her lover, John Synge, is a troubled genius, whose life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Their affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is quarrelsome, affectionate and tender.Many years later, Molly, now a poverty-stricken old woman, makes her way through London's bomb-scarred city streets, alone but for a snowdrift of memories. Her once dazzling career has faded but her unquenchable passion for life has kept her afloat.
Originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2010.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include six previous novels- Cowboys and Indians (Whitbread Prize shortlist), Desperadoes , The Salesman , Inishowen , Star of the Sea , and Redemption Falls . Star of the Sea became an international bestseller, winning the Irish Post Award for Fiction, an American Library Association Award, France's Prix Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in thirty-five languages.www.josephoconnorauthor.com