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… ...
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.
