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Description for Shade
paperback. Special edition bound in green quarter goatskin, with raised bands, hand tooled spine, top edge gilt and marble boards, with slipcase. Fine
Ireland, 1950. Nina Hardy wakes in the big house where she grew up. Now aged fifty, she has returned to the fading beauty of her old home, and its unkempt gardens, its views of the wild Irish Sea, and its long-buried memories. With her childhood friend George, she is seeking peace from a turbulent world. But by the end of the day, a brutal crime will have been committed, which will alter their lives forever.
As Nina tries to make sense of everything that has happened, a remarkable story unfolds - a story of a childhood, of extraordinary friendships, and of a war. With wonderful characters, full of passion and drama, Shade is an unforgettable novel that will make great holiday reading.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Like New
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Castleknock, Ireland
ISBN
9780340834862
SKU
KSG0026380
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Hachette Books Ireland
Neil Jordan is the author of three acclaimed novels and an award-winning collection of stories. As a director, his films include, 'The Company of Wolves', 'Mona Lisa', 'The End of the Affair' and 'The Crying Game', which won him an Oscar for Best Screenplay. 'Shade is his first novel in ten years.
Reviews for Shade
'Neil Jordan...is essentially a gifted writer who happens to make movies...a novel of immensely sinister charm.' THE IRISH TIMES 'The time you pass reading Shade is only the start of an experience; this novel will continue to haunt and fascinate well beyond the final page.'THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT. 'The first novel by Neil Jordan in a decade is his most moving and poetic'- THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE. 'Shade is a superbly dark and mesmerising portrait of an Irish childhood and a sad tale of innocence lost. It's also a powerful and moving love story but, needless to say coming from the pen of one of Ireland's most intelligent and provocative artists, it's far from being a conventional one.' HOT PRESS A seductive read with its stark images and its dreamy, evocative portrayal of childhood.' IRELAND ON SUNDAY 'Fiction told with a shocking density of thought and language.'THE EVENING HERALD 'Extraordinary...an enormously powerful book. I'd stake a bet it'll win him prizes'-THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Romantic...lyrical...a novel of atmosphere...it succeeds powerfully' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Compelling, intriguing, at once a human drama and a fascinating metaphysical mystery'-PATRICK MCCABE