The Wren, The Wren

Resumen del libro

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024

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. A magnificent novel' SALLY ROONEYNell 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. Over them both falls the long shadow of Carmel's famous father, an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions. From our greatest chronicler of family life, The Wren, The Wren is a story of the love that can unite us, and the individual acts that threaten this vital bond.

Biografía del autor

Anne Enright (Dublín, 1962) ha publicado ensayos, cuentos y novelas. Su escritura explora temas como las relaciones familiares, el amor y el sexo, más allá de las dificultades de Irlanda. Ha ganado el Davy Byrne;s Irish Writing Award en 2004, el Royal Society of Authors Encore Prize, en 2007 el Premio Booker y en 2008 el Irish Novel. Es miembro de la Royal Society of Literature.