2002, ISBN: 9780670913428

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Viking], Illustrierter Original-Schutzumschlag und Einband mit geringfügigen Gebrauchs- bzw. Lagerspuren, Schnitt und Seiten tadellos, keine Anstreichungen oder Noti… Altro …

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Viking], Illustrierter Original-Schutzumschlag und Einband mit geringfügigen Gebrauchs- bzw. Lagerspuren, Schnitt und Seiten tadellos, keine Anstreichungen oder Notizen, augenscheinlich so gut wie ungelesen, alles in allem ordentliches/gutes Exemplar. Wikipedia über dieses Buch: The Story of Lucy Gault is a novel written William Trevor in 2002. The book is divided into three sections: the childhood, middle age and older times of the girl, Lucy. The story takes place in Ireland during the transition to the 21st century. It follows the protagonist Lucy and her immediate contacts. It was well received by a number of critics and made the short lists of the booker prize and whitbread prize of 2002. The story, comparisons to a similar book, and interpretation of the author are discussed below. It begins with Lucy, on a night in 1921. She is the only child of a Protestant land owner in Cork County coast. It is set during The Troubles, when Protestant landowners caught in the battle between the IRA and the British army had their houses burned. The place is under martial law and Captain Gault is disturbed by young arsonists from the nearby village. When he fires a warning shot with his old rifle, he injures a boy in the shoulder. Out of fear, the family moves to England. Lucy is not told why her family moved and longs for the house she was kept from and the sea close by. On the eve of their departure, she hides in the woods. Due to a series of events, her parents are led to believe that she drowned in the sea. By the time she is discovered, her parents are gone. So, she gets what she wished for, to live in the house, being taken care of by the house-servants turned caretaker-farmers. This is common in a number of William Trevor characters, they should not wish for something as it becomes true. Lucy lives a very lonely life, reading books and keeping bees. She feels very guilty about running away and thus feels that she deserves her loneliness. When another character, Ralph, tries to relieve her of her sad life, she feels that she cannot let him love her without her getting forgiveness from her parents. This is a kind of redemption. After the war, her father returns just too late to salvage her happiness. They settle into an uneasy companionship, with too much unspoken. Having lost the love of her life, she forms a bond with the person who was wounded by her father. Lucy becomes a sort of Protestant saint, and spends many years visiting the asylum where the person is incarcerated in his confusion and his silence: like so many others in this story, he is "the man who didn't want to speak". Both of them are victims of Ireland's politics. The inextricable link between the Catholic boy brought up to be a revolutionary and the isolated Protestant girl, both terrified in their past. fates are set against the changing, ordinary, vigorous life of the little town, which is briskly moving into the 21st century. Lucy in old age sees people with phones to their ears and hears on the wireless about the internet, and wonders what it is. Time is a healer for some and a destroyer for others. The idea of a little girl doing something that eventually destroys so many lives is also used by Ian McEwan in Atonement. With another author, this tale would be one of melodrama, but in William Trevor's expert hands, the story is one of simplicity and poise. He is the modern master of the life never quite lived, his fiction ever aware of the spaces between his characters, the silence that always threatens them. This is a gravely beautiful, subtle and haunting Irish novel. Like so much of Trevor's work, this is a story of the past, of memory, and of how time works., DE, [SC: 3.00], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, circa 16 cm x 24 cm, 227, [GW: 502g], [PU: London], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Romane/Erzählungen / Sonstiges - Romane / Erzählungen]<

2002, ISBN: 0670913421

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[EAN: 9780670913428], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: London: Viking], WILLIAM TREVOR,LUCY GAULT,SIGNED, Jacket, Trevor, William. The story of Lucy Gault. Ninth impression, flat-signe… Altro …

[EAN: 9780670913428], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: London: Viking], WILLIAM TREVOR,LUCY GAULT,SIGNED, Jacket, Trevor, William. The story of Lucy Gault. Ninth impression, flat-signed by the author to title page. London: Viking, 2002. Hardback, VG in unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear. Binding strong and tight. 228pp. Tanning to edges of page block. Contents clean and bright. William Trevor Cox KBE (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016), known by his pen name William Trevor, was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language. Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. The Story of Lucy Gault is divided into three sections: the childhood, middle age and older times of the girl, Lucy. The story takes place in Ireland during the transition to the 21st century. The book was shortlisted for the Booker and Whitbread Prizes in 2002. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing., Books<

2002, ISBN: 0670913421

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[EAN: 9780670913428], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Viking, UK], UCP, Booker prize shortlisted, uncorrected proof signed by author to title page. A beautiful Fine tight clean copy which … Altro …

[EAN: 9780670913428], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Viking, UK], UCP, Booker prize shortlisted, uncorrected proof signed by author to title page. A beautiful Fine tight clean copy which appears to be unread, presented in a clear removable protective sleeve., Books<

2002, ISBN: 0670913421

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[EAN: 9780670913428], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Viking], Jacket, A fine book in a fine DW. The author has signed without inscription to the titlepage., Books

2002, ISBN: 0670913421

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[EAN: 9780670913428], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Viking, London], 1920S, FORGIVENESS, GUILT, IRELAND, LOVE, THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT, Jacket, Books