Эдна О'Брайен - аудиокниги

Irlanda, años 50. Lejos de la capital, Dublín, y en medio de un verde paisaje, bellísimo pero exigente, la joven y aplicada Caithleen ha crecido llena de encanto gracias a la sabiduría y humildad de su madre; una madre obligada, por las duras condiciones del campo, a ser fuerte en cada momento, a sobreponerse a toda desgracia. Pero algo va a suceder que transformará la vida de Caithleen. Y en esa nueva vida, la de la única hija de una familia venida a menos, estará acompañada por su amiga de la infancia Baba, por la sofisticada madre de ésta, por el peculiar Hickey… y por una docena de personajes soberbiamente retratados que hoy día nos siguen pareciendo muy vivos; y entrañables, como en toda vida que merezca la pena rememorar.

"The Light of Evening" is a story of attachments, the attachment to land and especially the attachment between mother and daughter, who yearn for closeness but are also estranged. From her hospital bed in Dublin, the elderly Dilly awaits the visit

A woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find - for all the promise of their green gorgette, silver shoes and fancy dinner parties - they leave disappointed; an Irishman in north London retraces his life as a young lad with his mates digging the streets and dreaming of the apocryphal gold, an outsider both in Ireland and England, yet he carries the lodestar of his native land.


A collection characterised by all of Edna O'Brien's trademark lyricism, powerful evocations of place and a glorious and an often heart-breaking grasp of people and their desires and contradictions.