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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Johnston always writes fluidly and elegantly, and I always find that her novels are very humane ones in the fullest sense of the word—books which take a wry, sardonic but not an unkind look at the best and worst of human emotion. Quite an Irish viewpoint, I think. Grace and Truth is a well-structured novella, and Johnston handles the juxtaposition between past and present with skill, though at times I thought that the parallels she constructed between Sally and the Bishop were a little too obvious. The climax of the novel is rather predictable, and I felt some doubts about the ending—it felt just slightly too pat. Would people really react like that? Hrm. Still, as a novel of everyday irony, this slim volume is worth the read. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Sally, an actress, has just returned from a long European tour to her house in Goatstown, and looks forward eagerly to seeing her husband, Charlie, again. When Charlie announces that he's leaving her, Sally, devastated and furious, makes him pack his bags at once. But maybe, she wonders later, she really is too hard to live with? Weighed down by the unspoken secrets of two generations, and hoping for some glimmer of comfort, Sally turns to her grandfather, the frosty old Bishop she has never really known. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Jennifer Johnston writes mostly slim novels about just such topics, and the end of her novels always present the issue with reference and dignity. Her novels portray people from a sense of deep interest, and deep understanding. Johnston's novels are often set in Ireland. Stories and characters find themselves set back, reaching out for humanity and warmth.
Grace and truth is one of those stories, gentle and warm. ( )