by Christy Brown (1970)
Down All the Days by Christy Brown is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Margaret Laurence
Stacey McAindra vit à Vancouver. Elle a 39 ans et incarne la femme au foyer moderne auprès d'un époux insociable et de leurs quatre enfants. En dépit d'une position sociale contraignante, elle s'octroie des petits plaisirs non sans culpabiliser. Pour alimenter la monotonie de son quotidien, elle convoque son passé, cherchant à ne pas répéter les erreurs de sa mère et de sa soeur.
Rosina Lippi
Follows the passions and fortunes of three neighboring families living in a tiny remote village in the Austrial Alps from 1909 to the late 1970s.
Colm Tóibín
From back cover: A ... story about three generations of an estranged family reuniting to mourn an untimely death. It is the early 1990s, and Helen ..., her mother Lily, and her grandmother Dora, have come together in a crumbling old house along Ireland's coastal southeast to tend to Helen's adored brother Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With two of Declan's friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The magician of Lublin is a celebrated work by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Nobel Laureate), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.