by Keith Ridgway · Editions Phébus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782752900593
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«Mauvaise pente» is the novel by Irish writer Keith Ridgway, published by Editions Phébus in paperback (334 pages, in French).
Set in contemporary Ireland, it tells the story of Grace, a woman who, after years of abuse, decides to kill her husband. The novel explores domestic violence, female emancipation and the weight of a conservative society, as well as the contradictions of a family marked by silence and marginality.
French edition translated by Philippe Gerval, awarded the Prix Femina étranger 2001. The English original, published in 1998, is titled The Long Falling.
Readers of literary fiction interested in Ireland, family conflicts and psychological portraits with a social backdrop.
Keith Ridgway is an Irish novelist and short story writer. He has won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Prix Femina Etranger, the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger, the O. Henry Award, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
