by Alice McDermott · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072874611
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«La neuvième heure» is the historical novel by Alice McDermott published by Gallimard in paperback (304 pages, in French).
Set in the Irish community of Brooklyn at the beginning of the 20th century, the novel follows Annie, who is pregnant, and her daughter Sally, taken in by a group of nursing sisters. Each nun, with her own story and secrets, passes on to them a faith in which generosity and sacrifice are not empty words, and that legacy resonates through the generations.
Originally published in English as The Ninth Hour, this French edition translated by Cécile Arnaud won the Prix Femina 2018.
For readers of historical and literary fiction, and for book clubs looking for stories about faith, community and New York.
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.
