The Only Glow of the Day
- 163 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
Grounded in historical fact, Martin Malone's elegant prose shines a light of harsh reality on Rosanna Doyle, hopeful of a happy future as she travels to see her man at an army camp.
Martin Malone Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Martin Malone ist ein irischer Autor, dessen Werke oft von seinen Erfahrungen als Militärpolizist geprägt sind. Seine Schriften setzen sich mit Themen wie Krieg, Frieden und persönlicher Erfahrung auseinander und dringen geschickt in die Tiefen der menschlichen Psyche angesichts von Widrigkeiten vor. Malones Prosa zeichnet sich durch ihre Fähigkeit aus, sowohl rohe Realität als auch subtile emotionale Wahrheiten einzufangen, was ihm Anerkennung in der irischen Literaturszene eingebracht hat.
The Broken Cedar
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
A compelling novel of middle-eastern conflict, turning on one man's crisis of conscience as his death approaches in modern-day Lebanon. The Enclave; home to Lebanon's dispossessed. Khalil has made his life here, catering to the needs of UN troops on the Israeli-Lebanon border. His small electrical shop has served him and his family well, has sustained them through turbulent years of conflict, and now it is time to let go, to live his final days in peace. But when a young Irishman walks in to his shop Khalil is forced to confront an act of horrifying violence from his past. Years before he was witness to the lynching of an Irish UN peacekeeper. What happened next has remained a secret for fifteen years. And now, the son returns. Exploring in intimate and compelling detail the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on everyday Lebanese life, THE BROKEN CEDAR turns on one man's terrible crisis of conscience as he attempts to reconcile past actions with present consequences.