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6 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
135 kr
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‘An ode to love, to the families we build when our own families fail us. It broke my heart’ Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie BainJuno loves Legs. She always has, ever since she fought the bullies for him in their first encounter at school. Growing up on the estate is tough for them both, but as they emerge into the possibilities and underground parties of 1980s Dublin, they find a breathing space to begin their real lives.The two of them against the world. But what if the world has other ideas?‘A heartbreaker, and absolutely unforgettable’ Donal Ryan, author of The Queen of Dirt Island‘One of the finest writers that Ireland has produced. Juno Loves Legs will break your heart and stitch it right back up again’ Irish Sunday Independent
E-bok
Engelska, 2017100 kr
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Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Irish Times and The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2017 ‘A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel… He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through… Wonderful’ - Sebastian BarryHer house is on Montpelier Parade – just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Sonny is fixing a crumbling wall in the garden when he sees her for the first time, coming down the path towards him. Vera. Vera is older, wealthier, sophisticated, but chance meetings quickly become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. But there is something unsettling that Vera is keeping from him. Unfolding in the sea-bright Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is an indelible novel about the things that remain unspoken between lovers. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must make alone.Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2017128 kr
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Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary, read by Karl Geary. ''Luminous and moving. A story that asks who you can love and how, and a novel that gets to the heart of things; it certainly got to the heart of me.'' Sunjeev Sahota, author of The Year of the RunawaysThe house is on Montpelier Parade: just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Working on the garden with his father one Saturday, Sonny is full of curiosity. Then the back door eases open and she comes down the path towards him. Vera.Chance meetings become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. Casting off his lonely life of dreams and quiet violence for this new, intoxicating encounter, he longs to know Vera, even to save her. But what is it that Vera isn’t telling him?Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is a beautiful, cinematic novel about desire, longing, grief, hope and the things that remain unspoken. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must also make alone.
E-bok
Engelska, 2023121 kr
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Set in 1980s Dublin, this is the heart-breaking story of a once-in-a-lifetime friendship.‘An ode to love, to the families we build when our own families fail us. It broke my heart’ Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie BainJuno loves Legs. She always has, ever since she fought the bullies for him in their first encounter at school. Growing up on the estate is tough for them both, but as they emerge into the possibilities and underground parties of 1980s Dublin, they find a breathing space to begin their real lives.The two of them against the world. But what if the world has other ideas?‘A heartbreaker, and absolutely unforgettable’ Donal Ryan, author of The Queen of Dirt Island‘One of the finest writers that Ireland has produced. Juno Loves Legs will break your heart and stitch it right back up again’ Irish Sunday Independent
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
135 kr
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Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Irish Times and The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2017 ‘A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel… He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through… Wonderful’ - Sebastian BarryHer house is on Montpelier Parade – just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Sonny is fixing a crumbling wall in the garden when he sees her for the first time, coming down the path towards him. Vera. Vera is older, wealthier, sophisticated, but chance meetings quickly become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. But there is something unsettling that Vera is keeping from him. Unfolding in the sea-bright Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is an indelible novel about the things that remain unspoken between lovers. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must make alone.Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017
E-bok
Tyska, 2018170 kr
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Je hoffnungsloser die Liebe, desto tiefer.Dublin im Vorfrühling: Sonny ist ein Teenager aus einfachsten Verhältnissen, es fehlt in seiner Familie an Geld, Glück und einem Minimum an Liebe. Neben der Schule jobbt er bei einem Metzger, was bleibt einem wie ihm sonst auch übrig? Außerdem hilft er dem Vater, der sein Geld mit Handwerksarbeiten in Häusern reicher Leute verdient (und gleich wieder verspielt). Bei einem dieser Jobs lernt Sonny Vera Hatton kennen, eine spröde, irgendwie verletzt wirkende Engländerin mittleren Alters, die ganz allein in der prächtigen Villa an der Montpelier Parade wohnt. Auf den ersten Blick schon ist er fasziniert von ihr. Vera besitzt Unmengen an Büchern, und so freundlich sie zu ihm ist, die Kluft zwischen ihren Welten scheint unüberwindbar. So steht Sonny abends manchmal heimlich in ihrem Garten. Schaut ihr durchs Fenster zu. Und wird – als Zeuge eines Selbstmordversuchs – ihr Lebensretter.Zu Hause und in der Schule türmen sich derweil die Probleme, und eines Tages klingelt Sonny betrunken und schmutzig an Veras Haustür. Sie lässt ihm ein Bad ein, bereitet ein Bett auf der Couch, aber am Ende liegt er in ihrem. Eine ganz und gar verbotene Beziehung nimmt ihren Lauf. Vera sagt, es kann nicht gut enden. Und irgendwann erzählt sie Sonny eine erschütternde Geschichte …