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The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth
The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth
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AN IRISH INDEPENDENT AND IRISH TIMES BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025 In this moving new novel, award-winning Irish writer Adrian Duncan explores love and grief while finding their resonance in works of art
During 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.
Author: Adrian Duncan
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781805221944
During 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.
Author: Adrian Duncan
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781805221944
