Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other,and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother's loneliness had been.
Nell - funny,brave and so much loved - is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world,she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother,Carmel,Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart,where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. And across the generations falls the long shadow of Carmel's famous father,an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions.
This is a meditation on love: spiritual,romantic,darkly sexual or genetic. A generational saga that traces the inheritance not just of trauma but also of wonder,it is a testament to the glorious resilience of women in the face of promises false and true. Above all,it is an exploration of the love between mother and daughter - sometimes fierce,often painful,but always transcendent.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781787334601Number of pages: 288Weight: 407 gDimensions: 222 x 144 x 28 mm
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'The Wren,The Wren is a magnificent novel. Anne Enright's stylistic brilliance seems to put the reader directly in touch with her characters and the rich territory of their lives'- Sally Rooney
'One of our greatest living novelists'- The Times
'These pages practically crackle with intelligence,compassion and wit. Phil McDaragh is so real I almost googled him. The Wren,The Wren might just be Anne Enright's best yet'- Louise Kennedy,author of Trespasses
'Somehow both classic and thoroughly contemporary. Very few writers could capably achieve such a thing and I remain,as ever,in awe of Anne's talents'- Sara Baume,author of A Line Made by Walking
'Tender,acutely observed,shocking at times. Enright perfectly captures the experience of a woman in her twenties,thirties,forties and fifties. Women rise throughout The Wren,The Wren,rising above abusive relationships and casual abandonment,sometimes inflicting violence on each other - but still rising into better times. Magnificent'- Priscilla Morris,author of Black Butterflies
Anne Enright: The Waterstones Interview
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The Wren,The Wren,the new novel from Booker Prize-winner Anne Enright,continues her examination of themes around motherhood,family relationships and connection. As we sat down to talk about it,we discussed how it is really a novel about its characters and an investigation into what language is trying to do,and what happens when it reaches its limits.
Anne Enright
An award-winning novelist,Irish author Anne Enright's books include The Gathering,which won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction,The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road. Her latest novel, Actress,is due for publication in February 2020.
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