A Glassful of Letters by Evelyn Conlon
Friendship, love and isolation - both self-imposed and involuntary - and the quiet bravery of one woman are at the heart of this new novel. The time is the recent past, a period of unprecedented re-examination in Ireland. Diverse but tightly knit, the men and women of this novel are related to each other by family ties or by the simple fact of living in the same Dublin street and their skilfully interlinked stories reflect the pressures - and pleasures - generated by rapidly changing social values. Flexibly shifting from straight narrative to a chain of lively, intimate correspondence, A Glassful of Letters is a novel for our times.
Conlon, Evelyn: - Evelyn Conlon is one of Ireland's most esteemed and best-loved writers. As well as a novelist she is a short-story writer and occasional essayist. Born in Ireland, she lived for a number of years in Australia and travelled extensively there and in Asia. She has edited four anthologies including Cutting the Night in Two. She has been writer in residence in numerous places, including Dublin City Libraries, University College Dublin, Jerusalem, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Skin of Dreams was shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year; the title story of her collection Taking Scarlet as a Real Colour was performed at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. Her novel Not the Same Sky was published by Wakefield Press, Australia in 2013. She has published four novels and three collections of short stories, has been widely anthologised, and her works have been translated into many languages including Tamil and Chinese. She is a member of Aosdana, an association of Ireland's most important and respected artists, and lives in Dublin.
| SKU | GOR003617210 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780856406188 |
| ISBN 10 | 085640618X |
| Title | A Glassful of Letters |
| Author | Evelyn Conlon |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Colourpoint Creative Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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