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Dolan Naoise

    Naoise Dolan es una escritora irlandesa cuya obra se adentra en las complejidades de las relaciones modernas y la identidad. A través de una prosa aguda y llena de ingenio, explora temas de presiones sociales y la búsqueda de una conexión auténtica en el mundo actual. Su estilo literario se caracteriza por una inteligencia perspicaz y una perspectiva poco convencional sobre la vida cotidiana, ofreciendo a los lectores una experiencia refrescante y estimulante.

    Exciting Times
    • Exciting Times

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than 'I like you a great deal'.Enter Edith, a lawyer. Refreshingly enthusiastic and unapologetically earnest, Edith takes Ava to the theatre when Julian leaves Hong Kong for work. Quickly, she becomes something Ava looks forward to.And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, EXCITING TIMES is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life-and announces herself as a singular new voice.

      Exciting Times2021
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