Last Train From Liguria
(Sprache: Englisch)
A sweeping historical novel set in the Italian Riviera that spans the period from the 1930s to the 1990s. A young governess hiding a secret must face a changing world in the wake of the fascist uprising. Hickey's previous novel "Tatty" was longlisted for the "Orange Prize".
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A sweeping historical novel set in the Italian Riviera that spans the period from the 1930s to the 1990s. A young governess hiding a secret must face a changing world in the wake of the fascist uprising. Hickey's previous novel "Tatty" was longlisted for the "Orange Prize".
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From the bestselling Irish novelist comes a sweeping historical novel, a tale of consequences that spans from the 1930s to the 1990s. "Last Train from Liguria" takes us on a journey from claustrophobic Dublin and the tense formality of London, to the heat and bustle of the Italian Riviera. Bella lives a cosseted life with her father in London. So when he announces that he has arranged for work for her as a governess in Italy, she is shocked, angry, and terribly scared of what lies in store...But as she boards a train for the northern Italian port of Bordighera, her fear soon gives way to her burgeoning sense of adventure. Bella eventually finds her young charge, Alec, at the Villa Lami, where he lives with his music teacher Edward. She delights in her relationship with the young boy, and discovers unexpected comfort in Edward who, like Bella, seems to be hiding a secret. But the atmosphere in Italy is changing quickly. As fascist laws take effect, Bella, Edward and Alec must escape the mounting threats around them, and face a rapidly changing world.
Autoren-Porträt von Christine Dwyer Hickey
Christine Dwyer Hickey is an award winning novelist and short story writer. Her novel The Cold Eye of Heaven won the Irish Novel of the Year of the Year 2012, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2011 and nominated for the IMPAC 2013 award. Last Train from Liguria was shortlisted for the Prix L'Européen de Littérature and Tatty was chosen as one of the 50 Irish Books of the Decade as well as being nominated for The Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards novel of the year 2004. Her first novel The Dancer was shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year.She has won several short story awards and her first collection The House on Parkgate Street and other Dublin stories was published in 2013. Her first play, Snow Angels premiered at the Project Theatre Dublin in 2014 and the text of same is published in March 2015 (New Island Books). She is a member of Aosdana.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Christine Dwyer Hickey
- 2009, 368 Seiten, Maße: 15,7 x 3,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Atlantic Books
- ISBN-10: 1843549875
- ISBN-13: 9781843549871
Sprache:
Englisch
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"'Spare, trim, precise and remarkably tense' Margaret Forster 'Keeps getting better, long after you have put it down. In perfect, unassuming prose, Christine Dwyer Hickey conjures all our childhoods.' Anne Enright 'Beautiful and heartbreaking' Independent on Sunday"
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