The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth [electronic resource]
Duncan, Adrian2025
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'An original voice' Colm Tóibín'Duncan brings a new way of seeing' Irish TimesDuring winter season in a secluded Alpine city, John Molloy, an Irish restorative sculptor, meets Bernadette, an enigmatic Italian sociologist. As John falls in love, a distressing moment from his youth rises into view, the disastrous fallout of which has reverberated unchecked through his life.Years later, a letter from home arrives, asking him to pray for the speedy death of an ailing friend. Over a day-long odyssey through the ancient streets and churches of Bologna, John is forced to confront his present, his past and the bedrock of his psyche. A delicately crafted novel of two halves, a decade apart, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth is a masterful excavation of human desires, inhibitions, and the patterns of habit to which we unwittingly fall prey.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Tuskar Rock, 2025
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1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
9781805221951
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English
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BRN:
3983869