The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to glens and woods above Lahardane - the home her family is being forced to abandon. She knows Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland and that danger threatens. Lucy, however, is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying. But the path she chooses ends in disaster.
Gravely beautiful, subtle and haunting * Guardian *
Astonishing, tenderA perfect novel * Sunday Telegraph *
Stark yet tender, without a single false note. There will be only a handful of novels worth reading this year (or any year) . . . this book is certainly one * Literary Review *
Flawless . . . not a single word seems out of place. Guaranteed to keep you reading - all trhough the night if necessary - to find out what happens. Trevor's best novel * New Statesman *
Striking, throughtful. Written with grace and finesse and charged throughout with a persuasive disquiet * Independent *
Dark, elegantly written . . . a book to relish * Independent on Sunday *
Unusual, beguiling, beautiful * The Times *
A masterwork. I doubt that I have read a book as moving in at least a decade. A homage to the gift of redemptive love -- Fegal Keane * Independent *
Astonishing, tenderA perfect novel * Sunday Telegraph *
Stark yet tender, without a single false note. There will be only a handful of novels worth reading this year (or any year) . . . this book is certainly one * Literary Review *
Flawless . . . not a single word seems out of place. Guaranteed to keep you reading - all trhough the night if necessary - to find out what happens. Trevor's best novel * New Statesman *
Striking, throughtful. Written with grace and finesse and charged throughout with a persuasive disquiet * Independent *
Dark, elegantly written . . . a book to relish * Independent on Sunday *
Unusual, beguiling, beautiful * The Times *
A masterwork. I doubt that I have read a book as moving in at least a decade. A homage to the gift of redemptive love -- Fegal Keane * Independent *
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141044606 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141044608 |
| Title | The Story of Lucy Gault |
| Author | William Trevor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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