Consequences Of The Heart - Softcover

Cunningham, Cunningham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860466192 ISBN 13: 9781860466199

Publisher: The Harvill Press, 1999

Synopsis

Chud Conduit, the wild grandson of the most successful businesswoman in Monument, and Anglo-Irish Jack Santry, the gentle heir to Main, the big estate on the hill, are unlikely friends. Bound by their shared love for Rosa and then by a terrible event that flings all three adolescents from their garden of Eden, Jack and Chud meet again on the beaches of France where acts of bravery and cowardice determine the course of the rest of their lives in ways that neither can anticipate. It is Jack who wins Rosa's hand in marriage, and in this constellation all three embark on adult life, each equally devoted to a love triangle that is stronger than social convention. Peter Cunningham's second novel set in the fictional town of Monument is an epic narrative of the lives of three people formed by their time but stubbornly independent of everything beyond their mutual love.

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Review

PRAISE FOR PETER CUNNINGHAM:   “A writer of great gifts” - Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner   “Cunningham’s descriptive writing is as superb as his characterization.” - Sue Leonard, "Irish Examiner"   “... uncompromising in his commitment to the plain storytelling of old-fashioned romance and the effect is something like that of an old-fashioned movie that is apparently uncomplicated but yet becomes a classic.” - John Kenny, "The Irish Times"      

PRAISE FOR PETER CUNNINGHAM: "A writer of great gifts" - Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner "Cunningham's descriptive writing is as superb as his characterization." - Sue Leonard, "Irish Examiner" .".. uncompromising in his commitment to the plain storytelling of old-fashioned romance and the effect is something like that of an old-fashioned movie that is apparently uncomplicated but yet becomes a classic." - John Kenny, "The Irish Times"

"A writer of great gifts" - Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner

"Cunningham's descriptive writing is as superb as his characterization." - Sue Leonard, "Irish Examiner" .".. uncompromising in his commitment to the plain storytelling of old-fashioned romance and the effect is something like that of an old-fashioned movie that is apparently uncomplicated but yet becomes a classic." - John Kenny, "The Irish Times" " In a narrative that spans more than 60 years in the lives of its characters, Irish author Cunningham examines a Jules-and-Jim-type love affair as well as a mysterious incident from D-Day....A lovingly detailed examination of 20th-century Anglo-Irish culture as well as a dissection of personal relationships." - Kirkus

About the Author

Peter Cunningham grew up in Waterford, the city on which Monument, the town in Consequences of the Heart is based. His previous work includes The Sea andthe Silence (Gemma 2010), and a number of thrillers, written both under his own name and under pseudonyms. His novels include Who Trespass Against Us (London, 1993); Tapes of the River Delta (London, 1995); and Love in One Edition (London, 2001); Taoiseach (London, 2004); and Capital Sins (Dublin, 2010). Peter Cunningham is a member of Aosdana, the Irish Academy of Letters.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Harvill Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860466192
• ISBN 13: 9781860466199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320