Pagina principaleGruppiConversazioniAltroStatistiche
Cerca nel Sito
Questo sito utilizza i cookies per fornire i nostri servizi, per migliorare le prestazioni, per analisi, e (per gli utenti che accedono senza fare login) per la pubblicità. Usando LibraryThing confermi di aver letto e capito le nostre condizioni di servizio e la politica sulla privacy. Il tuo uso del sito e dei servizi è soggetto a tali politiche e condizioni.

Risultati da Google Ricerca Libri

Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.

Gaff Topsails di Patrick Kavanagh
Sto caricando le informazioni...

Gaff Topsails (originale 1996; edizione 1999)

di Patrick Kavanagh

UtentiRecensioniPopolaritàMedia votiCitazioni
802332,845 (3.05)4
It is June 24, 1948?the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the Bringer of Light, is being commemorated with bonfires ignited on the headlands. Father MacMurrough, newly arrived and desperately lonely, reflects on a failed love affair. Michael Barron, a young mute, falls in love and is puzzled by the way that his life'like the tremendous iceberg he and his friends explore'is turning into a dangerous business. Mary, an adolescent dreamer, invokes the pagan superstitions of Midsummer's Day in the hopes of divining her future husband. Behind them looms the founding father of the village, an Irish castaway, the son of a monk, dead five hundred years. Even in the middle of the twentieth century, something of his spirit survives within every soul in the community.In the literary tradition of The Shipping News and The Bird Artist, this remarkable debut evokes a world suffused with images and presences of spirits and saints, the drowned and the saved.… (altro)
Utente:mrspenny
Titolo:Gaff Topsails
Autori:Patrick Kavanagh
Info:Penguin Books Ltd (1999), Pbk, 428 pages,
Collezioni:La tua biblioteca
Voto:
Etichette:Fiction, Irish fiction

Informazioni sull'opera

Gaff Topsails di Patrick Kavanagh (1996)

Nessuno
Sto caricando le informazioni...

Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro.

Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.

» Vedi le 4 citazioni

Mostra 2 di 2
Gaff Topsails tells the story of a number of Newfoundlanders on June 24, 1948. As school ends for the summer, and the town gets ready for the annual St. John the Baptist celebration and bonfire, the author brings us into the hearts and minds of several characters: 16-year-old Mary who is looking a sign of who her future husband will be; the woman who watches for her husband who's away at sea, the priest, the crazy lighthouse keeper whose lies once saved his colleagues, young Kevin Barron and his mute brother Michael, and others. The book isn't linear, and there isn't a single plot. Each character has his or her own perspective, what's important to them varies. Through them, the author gives us a fascinating portrait of 1948 Newfoundland. Reading this book was like looking a picture where layers are added to bring depth and understanding to the events. I liked it a lot. ( )
  LynnB | Aug 24, 2012 |
An interesting book with some very pretty moments. Takes place on June 24th -- the feast of St. John the Baptist -- in 1948, which was the year before Newfoundland entered into the Confederation of Canada. The chapter titled "The Kingdom of God" contains an origin myth for Newfoundland that is worth the price of admission. ( )
  climbingtree | Apr 28, 2011 |
Mostra 2 di 2
nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Devi effettuare l'accesso per contribuire alle Informazioni generali.
Per maggiori spiegazioni, vedi la pagina di aiuto delle informazioni generali.
Titolo canonico
Titolo originale
Titoli alternativi
Data della prima edizione
Personaggi
Luoghi significativi
Eventi significativi
Film correlati
Epigrafe
Dedica
Incipit
Citazioni
Ultime parole
Nota di disambiguazione
Redattore editoriale
Elogi
Lingua originale
DDC/MDS Canonico
LCC canonico

Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro

Wikipedia in inglese

Nessuno

It is June 24, 1948?the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the Bringer of Light, is being commemorated with bonfires ignited on the headlands. Father MacMurrough, newly arrived and desperately lonely, reflects on a failed love affair. Michael Barron, a young mute, falls in love and is puzzled by the way that his life'like the tremendous iceberg he and his friends explore'is turning into a dangerous business. Mary, an adolescent dreamer, invokes the pagan superstitions of Midsummer's Day in the hopes of divining her future husband. Behind them looms the founding father of the village, an Irish castaway, the son of a monk, dead five hundred years. Even in the middle of the twentieth century, something of his spirit survives within every soul in the community.In the literary tradition of The Shipping News and The Bird Artist, this remarkable debut evokes a world suffused with images and presences of spirits and saints, the drowned and the saved.

Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche

Descrizione del libro
Riassunto haiku

Discussioni correnti

Nessuno

Copertine popolari

Link rapidi

Voto

Media: (3.05)
0.5 1
1 1
1.5
2 1
2.5
3 2
3.5 3
4 1
4.5 1
5 1

Sei tu?

Diventa un autore di LibraryThing.

 

A proposito di | Contatto | LibraryThing.com | Privacy/Condizioni d'uso | Guida/FAQ | Blog | Negozio | APIs | TinyCat | Biblioteche di personaggi celebri | Recensori in anteprima | Informazioni generali | 203,189,563 libri! | Barra superiore: Sempre visibile