From one of contemporary literature's bestselling, critically acclaimed and beloved authors, the magnificent, instant New York Times bestselling novel set in Ireland, about a fiercely compelling young widow and mother of four, navigating grief and fear, struggling for hope. Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm T ib n's superb seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be drawn back into it. Wounded, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning empathy and kindness,...
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2019-07-02
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Ibland (speciellt i andra halvan) kände jag att historian inte var på väg nånstans och att den saknade lite dramaturgi. Men jag tyckte ändå om att stiga in i Noras liv.
2015-12-26
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Toibin är en lysande stilist. Här får vi följa nyblivna änkan Nora under tre år. Genom att beskriva hennes handlingar under denna tid får vi ett nyanserat porträtt av vår huvudperson. När boken väl slutar blir jag rejält besviken. Det bidde en tumme! Nora var ju inte heller en särskilt rörande person. Karg, inåtvänd, ja tråkig.
