The Long Falling

by Keith Ridgway

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Grace Quinn, an Englishwoman, has lived in rural Ireland all her adult life but is still a stranger. Haunted by the death of one of her sons, for which her husband blames her, Grace makes a decision which she hopes will alter everything.

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I like this novel a lot. Wonderful main female character. Author has a kind of choppy style of writing that is often lyrical and that I quite liked.
A very good read, and good observation of Dublin and gay life. The picture on the cover seems ill chosen.
Quel est le lien entre une femme battue qui tue son mari et une jeune fille violée à qui la société interdit d'avorter ? Des destins de femmes que la société ne protège pas de la violence des hommes...
Je dirais que c'est inclassable. La trame policière est le prétexte à une introspection inquiète et morose sur la maternité, le lien filial, le rapport à la mort et la lente glissade vers le désespoir.
A ne pas lire en cas de tristesse.
Excellent roman, à l'écriture âpre et belle.

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Original publication date
1998

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, LGBTQ+
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6068 .I287 .L66Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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Dutch, English, French, Portuguese
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