Four Letters Of Love
15 December 2014Synopsis
Now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan.
A classic love story and a seminal work of Irish literature that is a testament to romance, magic and the power of true love. With an introduction by actor John Hurt.
'A delicate and graceful love story . . . Extraordinarily rooted in the Irish language and landscape' - The New York Times
Strangers Nicholas and Isabel are destined for each other – they just don’t know it yet. As they each struggle to recover from the bruises of their childhood, a chance encounter on a remote island in the west of Ireland hurls them together.
Magical and deeply romantic, Niall Williams' Four Letters of Love has moved readers the world over and became an international bestseller. It is a life-affirming tribute to human folly, to fate, and to the miracle of love.
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15 December 2014
9781447275114Reviews
A breathtaking affirmation of miracles and the power of human loveThe Times
A joy, an acutely evocative and sexual story . . . my God I couldn't put it downMarianne Faithfull
A lyrical and passionate novel shot through with the belief in divine order versus chaos; the belief in destiny and the demonic fight against it, and, in spite of all the evidence that life is cruel and arbitrary, the presence of the supernatural and the manifestation of miraclesObserver
This book can rightly claim its place among the classics of Irish literature. A wonderfully affecting love storyBelfast Telegraph
