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Ancient Light
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Ancient Light
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A story of obsessive young love and overwhelming grief from the Booker Prize-winning author - now a Penguin Essential.
'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.'
Alexander Cleave, an actor who thinks his best days are behind him, remembers his first unlikely affair as a teenage boy in a small town in 1950s Ireland - the illicit meetings in a rundown cottage outside town; assignations in the back of his lover's car on sunny mornings and rain-soaked afternoons.
And with these early memories comes something sharper and much darker - the more recent recollection of the actor's own daughter's suicide ten years before.
Ancient Light is the story of a life rendered brilliantly vivid - the obsession and selfishness of young love and the terrifying shock of grief.
It is a dazzling novel, funny, utterly pleasurable and devastatingly moving in the same moment.
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Ancient Light by John Banville is highly praised for its evocative prose and the lush depiction of a past filled with passion and longing. Critics admire Banville's ability to capture the textures of memory and the nuances of youthful desire without resorting to clichés. The narrative, rich in imagery, invites readers to savour its beauty and mournfulness, creating an immersive experience. Many reviewers highlight the novel's ability to intertwine themes of love and loss with Banville's typically rhythmic and allusive language, distinguishing it as a sophisticated exploration of human memories and emotions.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780241986455
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 111.0mm
Height: 181.0mm
Weight: 142g
Pages: 256
About the Author
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of fourteen previous novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He was recently awarded the Franz Kafka Prize. He lives in Dublin.
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