NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION“Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking.”—J.Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review “TRESPASSES vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry.” —Oprah DailySet in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion.Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast, teaching at a parochial school and moonlighting at her family’s pub. There she meets Michael Agnew, a Protestant barrister who’s made a name for himself defending IRA members. Against her better judgment, Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites. Then the father of a student is savagely beaten, setting in motion a chain reaction that will threaten everything, and everyone, Cushla most wants to protect.
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Trespasses
von Louise Kennedy
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION“Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking.”—J.Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review “TRESPASSES vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry.” —Oprah DailySet in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion.Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast, teaching at a parochial school and moonlighting at her family’s pub. There she meets Michael Agnew, a Protestant barrister who’s made a name for himself defending IRA members. Against her better judgment, Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites. Then the father of a student is savagely beaten, setting in motion a chain reaction that will threaten everything, and everyone, Cushla most wants to protect.
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Rezension von JuliaFotografische Prosa: Licht und Schatten, stimmungsvolle Details lassen einen Moment deutlich hervortreten. Eine Frau steht in der Dämmerung rauchend am Fenster, den Cardigan zieht sie eng um sich, ängstlich, sehnsüchtig. Durch kleine Beobachtungen, eine reiche Gedankenwelt und intensive Emotionalit entsteht eine literarische Qualität, die das Buch, obwohl sprachlich durchaus herausfordernd, zu einem Schmöker macht. Schnell taucht man in Cushlas Leben ein, sobald man den Roman aufschlägt. Ganz versinkt man in der Atmosphäre. Und was für eine spannende Lebensgeschichte: inmitten einer gewalttätigen Krise existiert auch das alltägliche Unglück: verliebt sein aber ohne Gewissheit auf Zukunft, eine alkoholkranke Mutter, nicht weiter wissen, helfen wollen, aber nicht können. Ein wunderbares Romandebüt von einer sehr sympathischen Autorin. Ich bin gespannt auf ihre Kurzgeschichten. „Wasn’t it wonderful? he said, as they left the play. Yeah, she said. And kind of disturbing. Nora is all the women I know. Not you. No? You’re far too argumentative. She laughed, but felt uneasy. She dressed for him, tolerated the disdain of his friends, suffered his absence and lapses of contact; like Nora she had been ‘performing tricks’ for him.“ „And now someone knew she was in a relationship, if that was what it was; mostly it felt like a situation.“ „They were like a tag team, taking turns to fall apart.“ „The room looked better with him in it.“