Description
A group of children, entrusted with the care of a single lantern slide, find their ordinary world opening into a luminous, magical journey—one that unfolds through vivid scenes and shifting perspectives. Framed by two drifting stories that gather around a lavish hotel birthday party, the book moves like a projector: pausing on moments of tenderness, regret, and longing as different lives briefly come into focus. With Edna O’Brien’s unmistakable lyrical sensibility, it explores romantic love’s aftershocks—especially the affairs and attachments that don’t endure—while also honoring the quiet resilience of those who keep going. Blending wonder with melancholy, these interconnected vignettes reveal how memory, desire, and storytelling illuminate the private truths people carry into public celebration.
Available Editions
paperback
PENGUIN
Published Jan 1, 1991
224 pages
ISBN: 9780140130171
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First Published
1990
Language
eng
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