"Ghost Light is [Joseph] O'Connor's vivid and sometimes visionary reimagining of the love affair between Molly Allgood and the Irish dramatist John Millington Synge. . . . O'Connor rides the wave of Irish eloquence . . . a jagged lyricism redolent of Seamus Heaney." --The New York Times Book ReviewDublin. 1907. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic girl from the slums of Dublin, dreaming of stardom as an actress in America. Her lover, the leading playwright John Synge, is a troubled genius, whose life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Their affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is quarrelsome, affectionate and tender. Many years later, Molly, now a poverty-stricken old woman, makes her way through London's bomb-scarred city streets, alone but for a snowdrift of memories. As she struggles to navigate the present, Molly's past threatens to consumer her.
| ISBN | 9781250002310 |
| Autor(a) | O'Connor, Joseph |
| Editora | Picador |
| Ano de edição | 2012 |
| Páginas | 256 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 20,70 X 13,90 |