by Alice McDermott · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483101933
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In 'At Weddings and Wakes', Alice McDermott presents an unforgettable portrait of the life of a New York family of Irish origin during the sixties. Through the eyes of Lucy Towne's three children, we witness the family rituals that mark their lives: weddings, funerals, and Christmas meals. The lives of the four women in the family revolve around the imposing figure of Mama Towne, the stepmother who raised them and who seems to have instilled in them a special ability for dissatisfaction and irresolution. This initiation novel shows us how the young protagonists discover that living is constantly dialoguing with family demons.
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. She is the author of nine novels and a collection of essays. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Orange Prize. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novel, Absolution was awarded the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.
