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Love and Summer
Love and Summer | William Trevor
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Love and Summer - a remarkable, heart-rending novel by acclaimed writer William Trevor'Lingers in the memory as a beautiful meditation on love, belonging and the impossibility of escape' Observer'Unbearably moving' SpectatorIt is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. And those in the town can only watch, holding their tongues, as passion, love and fate take their inevitable course.'A portrait of a brackish rural backwater, complete with family tragedy, sexual scandal, a repressed spinster and a half-crazed ancient retainer . . . delicate, elegiac, written with all Trevor's trademark compassion and understanding' Daily Mail'A series of wrenching human dramas, which Trevor depicts with kindness and beautiful delicacy' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant. Trevor is the ultimate Old Master' Evening Standard'Beautiful. A flawless work of art' Independent on SundayReaders of The Story of Lucy Gault and Felicia's Journey will adore Love and Summer. It will also be cherished by readers of Colm Toibin and William Boyd. William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written eighteen novels and novellas, and hundreds of short stories, for which he has won a number of prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. His books in Penguin are: After Rain; A Bit on the Side; Bodily Secrets; Cheating at Canasta; The Children of Dynmouth; The Collected Stories (Volumes One and Two); Death in Summer; Felicia's Journey; Fools of Fortune; The Hill Bachelors; Love and Summer; The Mark-2 Wife; Selected Stories; The Story of Lucy Gault and Two Lives.
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sisilia
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3⭐️ Trevor‘s lyrical prose gave us a glimpse into the lives of Rathmoye‘s residents. A quiet town with nothing much happening, it is packed with stirring dramas. A bitter spinster, an illicit love affair, a senile old man, a farmer haunted by guilt of the past.... Each was given attention with such tenderness ❣️

Nute When prose is described as lyrical my heart skips a beat❣️ 4y
sisilia @Nute 🥰 4y
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sisilia
Love and Summer | William Trevor
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Just started this book. My first Trevor... will we be good friends?😃

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sisilia
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Cathythoughts Looks good , enjoy! I too just picked up 6y
tpixie Great book haul!!! 6y
TrishB Lovely 💕 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm 😃👍I am so getting a copy of the Moshfegh‘s 6y
sisilia It‘s so lovely I couldn‘t resist @erzascarletbookgasm 6y
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tricours
Love and Summer | William Trevor
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The Norwegian translation did this book no favors, but it also lacks tension and character depth. It's just too short to develop the characters properly, even though there's lots of potential. This is, overall, a very low-key story. If you want something mellow, this is a good choice!

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I got the trial version of the first Norwegian book box, containing this and another book. It started a bit slow, but then came the mention of mysterious tragedies, so now I'm hooked! 😃

SolumBokvennen Takk for at du fikk slept oss med inn hit! 😁 8y
tricours @SolumBokvennen Litsy er veldig nytt, men det er jo gøy å være med på noe fra begynnelsen! Venter spent på funksjonen å legge til nye bøker, den skal komme snart. 8y
tricours @SolumBokvennen denne boka hadde trengt mye mer nøye korrektur! Skrivefeil, feilplasserte sider, grammatiske feil jeg ikke vet om er avksiktlige eller ikke, altfor unøytrale oversettelser, rare setninger - og dette er bare frem ca side 60!! Jeg melder meg som frivillig i utbytte mot bøker ? 8y
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SolumBokvennen Oj, er det _så_ mye kunne man nesten lure på om feil versjon har gått i trykk - jeg skal melde videre til redaktør! Det er ikke bra. Leste selv den innbundne utgaven, det var plukk der også, som jeg trodde var rettet opp ? // Ann Helen 8y
tricours @SolumBokvennen sjekk side 43/44, de har byttet plass! 8y
SolumBokvennen ??? Dro akkurat fra kontoret, men skal sjekke de eksemplarene vi har der og håper det er en tufsefeil i trykken som ikke gjelder alle bøkene ...// Ann Helen 8y
tricours @SolumBokvennen hvis det er noen trøst så har jeg sett mye verre eksempel i Fiolinane fra Samlaget der man måtte lete etter sider litt her og der i boka ? 8y
SolumBokvennen Det er et mareritt når det skjer ? Vi fikk tilbake en trykk som manglet hele kapittel 5 en gang. En annen gang var et helt brekk på 16 sider satt inn på helt galt sted (men det var heldigvis bare ca 100 av 2000 bøker). Siste fadese var Faulkntr på ryggen til Faulkner ? 8y
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