The Resource Midwinter break, Bernard MacLaverty
Midwinter break, Bernard MacLaverty
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- Summary
- A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly from their home in Scotland to Amsterdam for a long weekend. A holiday to refresh the senses, to do some sightseeing and generally to take stock of what remains of their lives. Their relationship seems safe, easy, familiar - but over the course of the four days we discover the deep uncertainties which exist between them. Gerry, once an architect, is forgetful and set in his ways. Stella is tired of his lifestyle, worried about their marriage and angry at his constant undermining of her religious faith. Things are not helped by memories which have begun to resurface of a troubled time in their native Ireland. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are - and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Midwinter break
- Title
- Midwinter break
- Statement of responsibility
- Bernard MacLaverty
- Subject
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- trueCynicism
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueVacations
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueBelief and doubt
- trueDevotedness
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueSenior couples
- Memory -- Fiction
- trueAlcoholic men
- trueMarital conflict
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- trueIrish in Europe
- Short vacations -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam | Fiction
- Marriage -- Fiction
- Spouses -- Fiction
- trueCatholic Church
- Scotland -- Fiction
- Married people -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueMarriage
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Fiction
- trueAmsterdam, Netherlands
- trueMemories
- Retirees -- Scotland -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly from their home in Scotland to Amsterdam for a long weekend. A holiday to refresh the senses, to do some sightseeing and generally to take stock of what remains of their lives. Their relationship seems safe, easy, familiar - but over the course of the four days we discover the deep uncertainties which exist between them. Gerry, once an architect, is forgetful and set in his ways. Stella is tired of his lifestyle, worried about their marriage and angry at his constant undermining of her religious faith. Things are not helped by memories which have begun to resurface of a troubled time in their native Ireland. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are - and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves
- Summary
- A retired couple struggling with his dogmatic forgetfulness and her religious faith attempt to repair their marriage during a vacation in Amsterdam, where they confront painful memories of a troubled time in their native Ireland
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- 10572969
- Cataloging source
- YDX
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- MacLaverty, Bernard
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Spouses
- Man-woman relationships
- Memory
- Short vacations
- Retirees
- Marriage
- Interpersonal relations
- Married people
- Scotland
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Midwinter break, Bernard MacLaverty
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000060619985
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9781787330214
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962434815
- Label
- Midwinter break, Bernard MacLaverty
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000060619985
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9781787330214
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962434815
Subject
- trueAlcoholic men
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Fiction
- trueAmsterdam, Netherlands
- trueBelief and doubt
- trueCatholic Church
- trueCynicism
- trueDevotedness
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueIrish in Europe
- trueLiterary fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMarital conflict
- trueMarriage
- Marriage -- Fiction
- Married people -- Fiction
- trueMemories
- Memory -- Fiction
- Retirees -- Scotland -- Fiction
- Scotland -- Fiction
- trueSenior couples
- Short vacations -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam | Fiction
- Spouses -- Fiction
- trueVacations
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