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Zusatztext Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars , set in a Dublin maternity hospital during the 1918 flu pandemic, shows how little our responses have changed Informationen zum Autor Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish emigrant twice over: she spent eight years in Cambridge, England, before moving to Canada’s London, Ontario. She is best known for her novels, which range from the historical ( The Wonder , Slammerkin , Life Mask , The Sealed Letter ) to the contemporary ( Akin , Stir-Fry , Hood , Landing ). Her international bestseller Room was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes; her screen adaptation, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, was nominated for four Academy Awards. Klappentext Praise for Emma Donoghue 'Donoghue is a master of plot' Time 'These rooms of Donoghue's may be tiny and sealed off, yet they teem with life-and-death drama and great moral questions' Washington Post 'Donoghue, a writer of great vitality and generosity, has been drawn repeatedly to the genre of historical fiction not so much to inhabit or reinterpret the past as to try to fit together its overlooked, missing pieces . . . Fiction is small solace for history's grief, but it's one way to set the record straight' Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker 'We can count on her to plumb the heart of human darkness' Newsday 'Her touch is so light and exuberantly inventive, her insight at once so forensic and intimate, her people so ordinary even in their oddities' Guardian 'A mind that can excavate characters and lives far, far beyond her own front fence' Globe and Mail Vorwort Set in a maternity ward in Dublin, 1918. A small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, by the bestselling author of The Wonder and Room . Zusammenfassung Three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. The Pull of the Stars is the Sunday Times Bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wonder and Room. 'An immersive, unforgettable fever-dream of a novel' – The Times The old world dying on its feet, a new one struggling to be born . . . Dublin, 1918. In a country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over the course of three days, these women change each other’s lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars , Emma Donoghue tells an unforgettable and deeply moving story of love and loss. Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards -- Eason Novel of the Year The Telegraph's 'Best Novels of 2020' Guardian's 'Brilliant Books to Transport You This summer', 'Best Books of 2020' Cosmopolitan 's 'Best Books to Read this summer' Stylist's 'Best summer Reads ...
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A visceral, harrowing, and revelatory vision of life, death, and love in a time of pandemic. This novel is stunning Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
