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Bernard MacLaverty

Midwinter Break


Nominiert: Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 2017, Ausgezeichnet: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards - Eason Novel of the Year 2017, Nominiert: Wellcome Book Prize 2018
2018. 256 S. 198 mm
Verlag/Jahr: RANDOM HOUSE UK; VINTAGE, LONDON 2018
ISBN: 1-78470-491-1 (1784704911)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78470-491-9 (9781784704919)

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An intense exploration of love and uncertainty when a long-married couple take a midwinter break in Amsterdam.
A Guardian / Sunday Times / Irish Times / Herald Scotland / Mail on Sunday Book of the Year
Winner of the Bord Gáis Novel of the Year

´Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms - to an honest reckoning - with love and the loss of love, with memory and pain...this is a novel of great ambition by an artist at the height of his powers´ Colm Tóibín

A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly to Amsterdam for a midwinter break. A holiday to refresh the senses, to see the sights and to generally take stock of what remains of their lives. But amongst the wintry streets and icy canals we see their relationship fracturing beneath the surface. And when memories re-emerge of a troubled time in their native Ireland things begin to fall apart. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are - and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves.
"Its portrayal of the tightening vice of alcohol addiction is unparalleled. But its profound exploration of its love, companionship, faith, work and our search for meaning in life made it a tender masterpiece, and one of the year´s essential reads." Justine Jordan Guardian, Books of the Year
Bernard MacLaverty lives in Glasgow. He has written five collections of stories and four other novels, including Grace Notes which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. He has written versions of his fiction for other media - radio and television plays, screenplays and libretti.