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An edition of The Springs of Affection (1997)

The springs of affection

stories of Dublin

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The twenty-one stories in The Springs of Affection trace the patterns of love within three middle-class Dublin families, patterns as intricate and various as Irish lace. Love between husband and wife, which begins in courtship and in laughter, loses all power of expression and then vanishes forever. The natural over of sister for brother, of mother for son, is twisted into the rage to possess. And love that gives rise to the rituals of family life grows solid as a rock that will never crumble.

In his introduction, William Maxwell, Maeve Brennan's editor at The New Yorker, writes of the special quality of her stories, of being her friend, and of the premature end of her writing life. In Mr. Maxwell's telling, Maeve Brennan's own story proves as moving as any she ever wrote, and ultimately as heartbreaking.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
358

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Cover of: The Springs of Affection
The Springs of Affection
August 21, 2000, Flamingo
in English
Cover of: The springs of affection
The springs of affection: stories of Dublin
1999, Flamingo
in English
Cover of: The springs of affection
The springs of affection: stories of Dublin
1997, Houghton Mifflin
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Edition Notes

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.R413 S67 1997, PS3552.R38S67 1997, PS3552.R38 S67 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 358 p. ;
Number of pages
358

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL672265M
Internet Archive
springsofaffecti00bren
ISBN 10
0395870461
LCCN
97018296
OCLC/WorldCat
37300556
Library Thing
18316
Goodreads
928827

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