An edition of The Springs of Affection (1997)

The Springs of Affection

Stories of Dublin

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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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Mariner Books
Language
English
Pages
368

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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
November 2, 1998, Mariner Books
in English
Cover of: The springs of affection
The springs of affection: stories of Dublin
1997, Houghton Mifflin
in English

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"FROM THE TIME I was almost five until I was almost eighteen, we lived in a small house in a part of Dublin called Ranelagh."

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Open Library
OL7468758M
ISBN 10
0395937590
ISBN 13
9780395937594
OCLC/WorldCat
40186417
Library Thing
18316
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933716

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