Stay
The past can't stay buried for long in this much-anticipated debut novel by Aislinn Hunter. Stay follows Abbey, a young Canadian woman living in a village outside Galway. She falls in love with Dermot, an older Irishman, in an unconventional, affectionate, but troubled relationship. Meanwhile, an important archeological dig is happening nearby that gradually draws everyone in the village into the exhumation of a mysterious "bog person." This unearthing of history provides a powerful counterpoint to Abbey's own exhumation of her relationship, of her and Dermot's old family demons and difficult pasts. In Hunter's deft prose, the villagers form a riotous and poignant chorus to Abbey's struggle, commenting on their rapidly changing world with wit and insight. This beautiful, funny, richly rewarding novel plumbs history and obligation, and above all, the fragile but enduring human connections in a world poised uneasily between past and future.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1551925680
ISBN13:9781551925684
Release Date:February 2005
Publisher:Raincoast Books, Polestar
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:7.8" x 0.8" x 5.3"
Customer Reviews
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Stay - a postcolonial examination of Ireland
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
What I loved most about this book was that it was more than a love story and more than a "journey of self discovery". The characters in this novel delve into history, their own as well as their country's and come up with hard answers to the questions how are we shaped by our culture and by the events that have come before us? So many of the scenes that stayed with me - Deirdre going into labour at the wake, the exumation of the bog body and Dermot throwing his boots at the church wall while being watched by Abbey - resonated because of their authenticity.The villagers,a colourful Greek chorus, were both hilarious and genuinely moving.I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading a beautifully written novel about relationships or Ireland and it's complex history.
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