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The Forgotten Waltz - Anne Enright
The Forgotten Waltz
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2012 Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Award for Excellence in Literature A haunting story of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing.In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, it has snowed. Gina Moynihan, girl about town, recalls the trail of... show more
2012 Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Award for Excellence in Literature A haunting story of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing.In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, it has snowed. Gina Moynihan, girl about town, recalls the trail of lust and happenstance that brought her to fall for "the love of her life," Seán Vallely. As the city outside comes to a halt, Gina remembers their affair: long afternoons made blank by bliss and denial. Now, as the silent streets and falling snow make the day luminous and full of possibility, Gina awaits the arrival of Seán's fragile, twelve-year-old daughter, Evie-the complication, and gravity, of this second life. In this extraordinary novel, Anne Enright speaks directly to the readers she won with The Gathering. Here again is the momentous drama of everyday life; the volatile connections between people; the wry, accurate take on families, marriage, and brittle middle age. With The Forgotten Waltz Enright turns her attention to love, following another unforgettable heroine on a journey of the heart. Writing at the height of her powers, this is Enright's tour de force, a novel of intelligence, passion, and distinction.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780393072556 (039307255X)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 263
Edition language: English
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Title and Statement of Responsibility
Title and Statement of Responsibility rated it
4.0 The Forgotten Waltz
Picked this up after it won the Carnegie prize. Not my usual scene, but I loved the prose and the complicated main character.
The Block
The Block rated it
This Orange prize nominee is a bit disappointing if I'm honest. The human emotion is real and honest. What happens in the book can happen to anyone - and that made me profoundly sad. But... Maybe I'm still to young or optimistic for this and would love it in a few years. Who knows?
Lost in Books
Lost in Books rated it
2.0 Anatomie einer Affäre: Roman
Hmm. Nee, da hatte ich mehr erwartet.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
1.0
blurb - In a snow blanketed Dublin, Gina reflects on the last decade, from the moment she first caught a glimpse of Sean Vallely, through a haze of cigarette smoke, through the happenstance and lust, the hotel rooms and the secrets, that have brought down two marriages, three mortgages and left her ...
carey
carey rated it
I liked this a lot more than most of the other reviewers - The dispassionate writing, the minute observations of each flinch and gesture in a marriage, the sudden passions of an unexpected affair and the observations of brittle middle age. I aso really liked the flawed heroine.
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