LYNCH PAUL

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Ένα χτύπημα στην πόρτα μια βροχερή νύχτα αλλάζει τη ζωή της Άιλις. Δύο αξιωματικοί της νεοσύστατης μυστικής αστυνομίας αναζητούν τον άντρα της. Ποια θα είναι η τύχη τόσο του ίδιου όσο και του πρωτότοκου γιου τους; Η πατρίδα της, η Ιρλανδία, βρίσκεται στο έλεος μιας δικτατορικής κυβέρνησης. Η πόλη της, το Δουβλίνο, είναι το κέντρο μιας αιματηρής εμφύλιας διαμάχης, κι εκείνη πρέπει να προστατέψει τα παιδιά της και τον ηλικιωμένο πατέρα της. Πόσο μακριά θα φτάσει για να σώσει την οικογένειά της; Και τι -ή ποιον- θα υποχρεωθεί να αφήσει πίσω; ...
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(P/B) GRACE
Early one October morning, Grace's mother snatches her from sleep and brutally cuts off her hair, declaring, `You are the strong one now.' With winter close at hand and Ireland already suffering, Grace is no longer safe at home. And so her mother outfits her in men's clothing and casts her out. When her younger brother Colly follows after her, the two set off on a remarkable journey in the looming shadow of their country's darkest hour. The broken land they pass through reveals untold suffering as well as unexpected beauty. To survive, Gra...
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(P/B) Prophet Song
The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism. On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that...
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(P/B) BEYOND THE SEA
When fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, they soon find themselves cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean by a sudden storm. As the days pass and no rescue materialises, the two men must come to terms with each other, and with their environment, if they are to survive. Part gripping survival story, part fearless existential parable, Beyond the Sea is a meditation on what it means to be a man, a friend, a father and a sinner in our fallen world, a powerful and redemptive novel from a master of lyrical prose. (...
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(H/B) PROPHET SONG
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare lo...
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