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Chargement... Echo's (original 1985; édition 2005)par Maeve Binchy (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreNos rêves de Castelbay par Maeve Binchy (1985)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cuenta la leyenda que, cuando uno formula un deseo, la cueva de Castlebay, en los abruptos acantilados irlandeses, responde en vez de devolver el eco de la voz. En su día escuchó los deseos de David Power y Clare O'Brien, dos jóvenes que soñaban con volar lejos del pequeño pueblo costero en el que estaban atrapados. Años después, en Dublín, sus caminos se cruzan de nuevo. David es un estudiante de medicina ansioso por seguir los pasos de su padre y Clare ha conseguido una beca universitaria. Entre ellos surgirá una llama que les devolverá a Castlebay, donde la bruma matutina y la espuma de las olas serán testigos de una tormentosa historia de amor y ambición, de drama y traición, de sueños y desilusiones... I really enjoy Binchy's stories set in small Irish villages and the way she depicts the conservative, insular Irish culture changing through the years (in this case, the 1940s-1960s). Because this is one of her earlier books, it's a more cohesive story, not a series of connected character studies (the way, say, [Copper Beech] is) in which we see the same events through the eyes of different characters. The main characters — 10-year-old Clare O'Brien, daughter of a shopkeeper, and 15-year-old David Power, only child of the local doctor and his rather snooty wife — are appealing and easy to root for from the start, though events that happen toward the end of this (long!) novel put them in a different light. And as usual, Binchy populates Castlebay with a winning assortment of secondary characters, from the playboy Gerry Doyle to Father Flynn to teacher Angela O'Hara, who sees something of herself in Clare that makes her the girl's fierce champion in her goals to attain a proper education. The ending, though ... oof. I don't remember thinking much of it when I first read this as a twentysomething, but today? It's hard not to aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML:An emotional story of love, betrayal, friendship, and family from #1 New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy. David Power and Clare O'Brien both grew up dreaming of escape from the battered seaside town of Castlebay, Ireland, but they might as well have had the ocean between them. David is the cherished son of a prosperous doctor, while Clare lives with her large family behind their faltering store, longing for a moment of quiet to study. When they both go to university in Dublin??he as a matter of course, she on a hard-won scholarship??their worlds collide. They find freedom in each other??until the families, lovers, and secrets they left in Castlebay come back to haunt them... ??Laughter and tears, it??s what Binchy does best.???San Francisco Chronicle Book Review ??The Castlebay Maeve Binchy creates is a marvelous place.???The New Y Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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