Lucy Caldwell

Onze relats que conformen una inspiradora història de creixement de la mà d'una de les veus més interessants de la literatura irlandesa actual. Els onze relats que conformen Matant el temps , cadascu

Once relatos que conforman una inspiradora historia de crecimiento de la mano de una de las voces más interesantes de la literatura irlandesa actual. Los once relatos que conforman Matando el tiempo , cada uno de ellos en forma de inspiradisima historia

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. (Trad.) When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic, where he met their mother years before, and they only once went on a family holiday together, to Spain, where their mother cried and their father lost his temper and left early. Because home, for their father, wasn't Earls Court: it was Belfast, where he led his other life...Narrated by Lara, nearing forty and nursing her dying mother, "All the Beggars Riding" is the heartbreaking portrait of a woman confronting her past.

Sensationally good' Sunday Times'Remarkably, unusually vivid' The TimesA Guardian and Observer Fiction Highlight for '22, from the Winner of the 2021 BBC National Short Story AwardTwo sisters, four nights, one city.April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished.Many won't make it through, and no one who does will remain unchanged.Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, These Days is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves.

When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic, where he met their mother years before, and they only once went on a family holiday together, to Spain, where their mother cried and their father lost his temper and left early. Because home, for their father, wasn't Earls Court: it was Belfast, where he led his other life...Narrated by Lara, nearing forty and nursing her dying mother, All the Beggars Riding is the heartbreaking portrait of a woman confronting her past just as she realises that time is running out.

Una visió aguda i reveladora del desamor.Intimitats traça de manera immillorable les passes i ensopegades de dones joves que lluiten per trobar el seu lloc en el món. Des de l'estudiant de Belfast que aconsegueix drogues il·legals per internet per posar fi a un embaras no desitjat, a una mare jove que lluita amb la mortalitat. Des de la nit de Nadal caminant pels carrers del centre de la ciutat, quan tot sembla possible, a un vol nocturn des del Canada que podria canviar-ho tot de manera irrevocable.Histories d'amor, de perdua i exili, de Nous començaments i vides viscudes lluny de la llar.Reconegut amb el BBC National Short Story Award per un dels seus relats."Aquestes histories son un fidel reflex dels problemas als quals han de fer front les dones avui." The Guardian"Lucy Caldwell s'acosta amb una gran sensibilitat als personatges de la seva obra. Coneix els racons mes ocults del seu cor i ens explica les seves histories d'una manera veraç i tendra." The Independent"Un llibre memorable i de lectura obligada d'una de les escriptores mes importants d'Irlanda." The Sunday Times"Exquisit." The Bookseller"Una veritable obra d'art que ens demostra com tots, malgrat ser molt d

Una visión aguda y reveladora del desamor.Intimidades traza de manera inmejorable los pasos y traspies de mujeres jóvenes que luchan por encontrar su lugar en el mundo. Desde una estudiante de Belfast que se hace con drogas ilegales por internet para poner fin a un embarazo no deseado, a una madre joven, que lidia con la mortalidad. Desde una Nochebuena caminando por las calles del centro de la ciudad, cuando todo parece posible, a un vuelo nocturno desde Canada que podria cambiarlo todo de manera irrevocable. Historias de amor, perdida y exilio, de nuevos comienzos y vidas vividas lejos del hogar."Estas historias son un fiel reflejo de los problemas a los que deben enfrentarse las mujeres de hoy." The Guardian"Lucy Caldwell se acerca con una gran sensibilidad a los personajes de su obra. Conoce los rincones mas ocultos de su corazon y nos cuenta sus historias de manera veraz y tierna." The Independent"Un libro memorable y de lectura obligada de una de las escritoras mas importantes de Irlanda." The Sunday Times"Nos descubre el sinfin de caminos ocultos que corren bajo el dia a dia de nuestras vidas." Irish Independent"Exquisito." The Bookseller"Una verdader