Synopsis
A classic love story and a seminal work of Irish literature that is a testament to romance, magic and the power of true love. With an introduction by actor John Hurt.
In love everything changes, and continues changing all the time. There is no stillness, no stopped clock of the heart in which the moment of happiness holds forever, but only...
Details
01 January 2015352 pages
9781447275107Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A breathtaking affirmation of miracles and the power of human loveThe Times
A joy, an acutely evocative and sexual story . . . my God I couldn't put it downMarianne Faithfull
A lyrical and passionate novel shot through with the belief in divine order versus chaos; the belief in destiny and the demonic fight against it, and, in spite of all the evidence that life is cruel and arbitrary, the presence of the supernatural and the manifestation of miraclesObserver
This book can rightly claim its place among the classics of Irish literature. A wonderfully affecting love storyBelfast Telegraph
