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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Viking, 2015
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: Fools of Fortune es una novela clásica de William Trevor, ganador del premio Whitbread Prize a la mejor novela del año. La historia se centra en la familia Quinton, que ha vivido durante siglos en una antigua casa en Cork. A pesar de ser angloirlandeses protestantes, simpatizan con la causa de la independencia y financian en secreto a los combatientes de Michael Collins. Sin embargo, uno de sus trabajadores es un informante de los británicos, y cuando es asesinado en sus tierras, los Black and Tans buscan venganza, marcando un antes y un después en la vida de Willy Quinton. EAN: 9780241969496 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Fools of Fortune Autor: William Trevor Editorial: Viking Idioma: en Páginas: 224 Formato: tapa blanda.
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- Titel
- Fools of Fortune
- Autor
- William Trevor
- Verlag
- Viking
- Veröffentlichungsjahr
- 2015
- Zustand
- Como nuevo
- Einband
- Softcover
- Sprache
- Englisch
- ISBN-10
- 0241969492
- ISBN-13
- 9780241969496
Fools of Fortune by William Trevor - a classic early novel from one of the world's greatest writers
Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the Year
Murder and revenge during the Irish Civil War
The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer to the British, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge.
Till now young Willy Quinton has led a pleasant, cosseted life. But the murder of his father and sisters by British soldiers brings him to a point when he can only contemplate revenge himself. He sets off for Liverpool with hatred in his heart. Will he survive? Will the cycle ever be broken?
'To my mind William Trevor's best novel and a very fine one' Graham Greene
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, in 1928. He spent his childhood in Ireland and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, but has lived in England for many years. An acknowledged master of the short-story form, he has also written many highly acclaimed novels: he has won the Whitbread Fiction Prize three times and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize four times. His most recent novel was Love and Summer (Penguin, 2010).
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