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Maeve Binchy

    28 de mayo de 1940 – 30 de julio de 2012

    Maeve Binchy fue una autora irlandesa cuyas novelas a menudo se desarrollaban en Irlanda, centrándose en temas de amor, familia y relaciones. Sus personajes eran individuos con los que los lectores podían identificarse fácilmente, y sus historias exploraban las complejidades de la emoción y la experiencia humana. Binchy era conocida por su estilo de escritura cálido y empático, capaz tanto de entretener como de conmover a sus lectores. Sus obras ofrecían profundas perspectivas sobre la sociedad irlandesa y la condición humana.

    Maeve Binchy
    The Lilac Bus/Firefly Summer/Silver Wedding
    The Copper Beech. Evening Class
    Dublin 4. Lilac Bus
    Three Great Novels
    Una semana en invierno
    El Lago de cristal
    • Stoneybridge es un pueblecito de la escarpada costa de Irlanda que recibe gran cantidad de turistas en verano y fuera de temporada se queda prácticamente vacío. Pero los alrededores no están desiertos del todo, porque en Stone House, un viejo y precioso hotel sobre el acantilado, hay un grupo de huéspedes muy variopinto que durante una semana de invierno disfruta de su cocina espaciosa y cálida, de la chimenea de leña y de los elegantes dormitorios. Y aunque casi nadie es capaz de resistirse a los encantos del lugar, pocos son quienes conocen su historia, y menos aún la historia de su amable anfitriona Geraldine Ryan, Chicky, para todo el mundo.Una semana en invierno cuenta la historia de los diversos personajes que coinciden en este hotel tan especial, y la sorprendente influencia que esa estancia tendrá en sus vidas.«Un libro para guardar como un tesoro. Maeve Binchy en el territorio que mejor conoce, lleno de su calidez característica y de su cautivadora manera de narrar.» Hello«Binchy guía a sus personajes a través de todos [sus]problemas con mano firme pero amable, ayudándolos a conseguir un futuro mejor. Seguramente es por eso por lo que los lectores la aprecian tanto. Eso y el hecho de que siempre supo cómo contar una buena historia.» Irish Times

      Una semana en invierno
    • Three Great Novels

      • 904 páginas
      • 32 horas de lectura

      EVENING CLASS The Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others all over Dublin. But this class has its own special quality - as the focus for the varied hopes and dreams of teacher and pupils alike. By the time the pupils set off on a grand trip to Italy, a surprising number of them have found more than the Italian language in the evening class. THE COPPER BEECH Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years: a tree that has watched over many young lives. Here is a delightful story of the lives, loves and dreams of the people who pass below its branches. TARA ROAD Ria and Marilyn have never met - they live thousands of miles apart, one in Tara Road, Dublin, the other in New England. When each needs a place to escape to, a house exchange seems an ideal solution. Along with the borrowed houses come gossip and speculation, and friendship, as Ria and Marilyn swap lives for the summer...

      Three Great Novels
    • Dublin 4. Lilac Bus

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Dublin 4: A society hostess invites her husband’s mistress to dinner. A country girl savours the delights of city life. A student faces the dilemma of unmarried pregnancy. A drink-ridden photographer tries to relaunch a shattered career. Dublin 4 has all of Maeve Binchy’s intimate grasp of human feelings, her marvellous ear for dialogue and her subtle sense of life’s confusion. The stories bubble with fun and wit — yet sometimes leave a taste of sadness. Victoria Line Central Every day, millions of people travel on London’s Underground, yet everyday life is not nearly as mundane as we think. At Notting Hill, the secretary, harbouring her secrets travels to work; at Highbury and Islington, Adam has a sudden change of heart; at Holborn, a disastrous reunion is about to take place. With her characteristic mix of humour and biting realism, Maeve Binchy enters the lives of ordinary people. The Lilac Bus is a collection of interrelated short stories by the writer Maeve Binchy, first published in 1984. The stories were later republished, along with the earlier collection Dublin 4, in The Lilac Stories.

      Dublin 4. Lilac Bus
    • THE COPPER BEECH By the school house at Shancarrig stands a copper beech, its bark scarred with the names and dreams of the pupils who have grown up under its branches. This tree is the gateway to Maeve Binchy's marvelous portrait of a small Irish town whose untroubled surface conceals the passions, rivalries, friendships, ambitions and jealousies beneath. EVENING CLASS Among the many evening classes starting all over Dublin is an 'Introduction to Italian'. On the surface it could be just one of hundreds in which some students will succeed and some will fall along the way. But the Italian class at Mountainview School has its own special quality, and the hopes and dreams of many people are tied up in the twice weekly lessons.

      The Copper Beech. Evening Class
    • Evening class

      • 80 páginas
      • 3 horas de lectura
      4,0(39129)Añadir reseña

      "Thirty people join an Italian evening class. All have their own reasons. Connie needs to escape from an unhappy home life ; Lou has criminal intentions. Aidan and Signora have organized the classes. All their lives are changed forever." - back cover.

      Evening class
    • Fresh from cooking school, Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet are hot new additions to the Dublin scene with their new catering company, but some people in the city, including their families, are not so keen on the idea of their success. Reprint.

      Scarlet Feather. Cathys Traum, englische Ausgabe
    • The copper beech

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura
      4,0(20738)Añadir reseña

      'Her storytelling ability is second to none' Mail on Sunday An old copper beech overlooks a school, and witnesses all the hopes and loves, dreams and ambitions of the children who grew up there... Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years: a tree that has watched over many lives. The school mistress keeps a careful eye on the children, each of whom have their own hopes, dreams and ambitions for the future. As the children grow up, and become parents themselves, their stories are entwined in this gloriously nostalgic novel from the No.1 bestselling author.

      The copper beech
    • Circle of Friends

      • 560 páginas
      • 20 horas de lectura

      The story of the friendship between Benny and Eve through their childhood in Knockglen and their days as students in Dublin.

      Circle of Friends