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Michele Forbes

    Michèle Forbes, ocenená divadelná, televízna a filmová herečka, sa ponorila do literárneho sveta, kde jej poviedky získali uznanie. Jej tvorba, ovplyvnená štúdiom literatúry, s bystrosťou a citlivosťou skúma hĺbku ľudskej skúsenosti. Ako bývalá literárna recenzentka vnáša do svojej prózy analytický pohľad, obohacujúc ju o postrehy. Forbesová si zakladá na svojom jedinečnom rozprávačskom štýle, ktorý uchváti čitateľov a zanechá v nich trvalý dojem.

    Edith & Oliver
    Ghost moth
    • A stunning new voice reminiscent of Maggie O'Farrell and Jon McGregor, which has already been acclaimed by John Banville, Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright. GHOST MOTH will transport you to two hot summers, 20 years apart. Northern Ireland, 1949. Katherine must choose between George Bedford - solid, reliable, devoted George - and Tom McKinley, who makes her feel alive. The reverberations of that summer - of the passions that were spilled, the lies that were told and the bargains that were made - still clamour to be heard in 1969. Northern Ireland has become a tinderbox but tragedy also lurks closer to home. As Katherine and George struggle to save their marriage and silence the ghosts of the past, their family and city stand on the brink of collapse...

      Ghost moth
    • A SUNDAY TIMES MUST READ: A tender and vivid novel about a failing marriage set in the milieu of the Edwardian music hall Sunday Times

      Edith & Oliver