Publisher's Synopsis
Premio Bord Gáis y finalista del International Dublin Literary Award 2019
Gerry y Stella Gilmore -una pareja de jubilados irlandeses que vive en Escocia- han decidido pasar un fin de semana largo en Ámsterdam para cambiar de aires. Su relación, aparentemente agradable y segura, transcurre en una apacible rutina. Sin embargo, Gerry tiene un serio problema con el alcohol, al que recurre a diario pensando que Stella desconoce el grado de su adicción. Ella lo tolera discretamente, como tolera sus manìas y lo que ella percibe como falta de sensibilidad e inquietudes. A medida que el fin de semana avanza, se va haciendo evidente la magnitud de la distancia que les separa y que quizá sea ya insalvable.
Bernard MacLaverty demuestra con esta novela, de enorme ambición en su profundidad y en su minuciosa indagación de las emociones, por qué está considerado uno de los mejores escritores irlandeses actuales.
Gerry and Stella Gilmore-a retired Irish couple living in Scotland-have decided to spend a long weekend in Amsterdam looking for a change of air. Their seemingly pleasant and safe relationship goes by thanks to a peaceful routine, but Gerry has a serious problem with alcohol and he drinks himself to sleep thinking that Stella is unaware of the graveness of his addiction. She just tolerates it discreetly, as she does with his whims and with what she perceives as a lack of sensitivity and concern for her. But as they spend the weekend together, the distance that separates them grows more apparent and they start to feel that it maybe it is already too late. With this novel, Bernard MacLaverty shows enormous ambition with the depth of his meticulous investigation of emotions, which is why he is considered one of today's best Irish writers.
