Foster

Claire Keegan
Faber & Faber • 2010

A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers’ house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known befo...fore and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan’s great accomplishment and talent.
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  • Počet strán: 89 strán
  • ISBN13:9780571255658
  • Ďalšie vydania: Třetí světlo

AUTOR: Claire Keegan ORIGINÁL: Foster (Faber & Faber, 2010) PŘEKLAD: Alice Hyrmanová-McElveen NAKLADATELSTVÍ: Kniha Zlín ROK: 2011 POČET STRAN: 72 ZDROJ: knihovna Anotace Horké léto na irském venkově počátkem osmdesátých let. Otec odveze děvčátko k neznámé manželské dvojici na přímořskou farmu a odjede, aniž by jí řekl, kdy se pro ni vrátí. Týdny běží a dítě zažívá dosud[...]

A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers’ house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.

Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan’s great accomplishment and talent.