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Death and Nightingales
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
6 posts | 6 read | 4 to read
It is 1883 and the farms of County Fermanagh, on the border of Ulster and what we now know as the Republic of Ireland, are crisscrossed with religious, political, and generational tensions. Through the events of a single day in the life of Elizabeth Winters, we see decades of pain, betrayal, and resentment build to a devastating climax. Born to a Catholic mother and an unknown Catholic father, conceived shortly before her mother's marriage to Protestant Billy Winters, Beth has lived a life of silent suffering since her mother's death. Determined to decide her own fate but doomed to repeat the tragic circumstances of her birth, McCabe illuminates her quiet, searing power with the tenderness of a poet, offering up a powerful, lyrical indictment of the tensions that tear families and nations apart. Death and Nightingales is a contemporary classic.
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KristiAhlers
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
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Mehso-so

I came close to giving this a pick but couldn‘t pull the trigger on it. This is an Irish gothic novel and it has a strong premise but somehow falls flat. If you‘re from Ireland then you‘ll get a lot of the slang but if you‘re not be prepared to have google ready to translate. And after awhile I said screw it and quit bothering. Hence the meh feeling here for the story overall.

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wallacereads
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
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Pickpick

I noticed that this book has only been posted about three times and one was a bail. I can see why someone wold bail as it started off a little slow, but glad I stuck with it because it is a beautiful and haunting read. The ending has a nifty twist. #mountTBRchallenge

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wallacereads
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
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One of my resolutions is to read at least 50 books that I currently own.😬 I am not sure where I picked this one up from, but it was certainly a pleasant surprise when I opened it to find it had been signed. #mountTBRchallenge

DivaDiane How cool! Isn‘t it fun shopping your own shelves?!? 7y
DivineDiana Fantastic surprise! 7y
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EliseBlackwell
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
Bailedbailed

This may be a great book, but my respect for its endorsers hiked my expectations. The pov rang false to me, but that could have been my mood. I am going to try it again some other time, when I will try to remember the author is also/mostly a playwright and so maybe playing a different sort of game than I'm seeking in a novel.

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EliseBlackwell
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
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Starting this based on the recommendations of Michael Ondaatje and Colm Toibin. My expectations are high.

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MargaretPinardAuthor
Death and Nightingales | Eugene McCabe
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Pickpick

No idea where I picked it up, but this one has all my favorite ingredients: #1880s, in #Ireland/ Northern Ireland, #local titbits, colorful #language and #folklore and metaphor, and #intrigue--to the max! Short and blunt, like a dagger to the heart.

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