by Joseph O'Connor · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099481546
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«Ghost Light» is the historical novel by Joseph O'Connor, published by Vintage in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Dublin, 1907. Molly Allgood, a young actress dreaming of success in America, begins a romance with John Synge, the playwright of the theatre where she works. The relationship, frowned upon by those around her, is both tender and fraught. Years later, Molly, old and poor, wanders through a bombed-out London, haunted by the memory of that love.
Novel of 256 pages published by Vintage in 2011. The story unfolds between theatrical Dublin in 1907 and a London devastated by bombing.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, with the world of theatre and a love story in Ireland as a backdrop.
Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire. He is a regular contributor to RTÉ and a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána.
