Midwinter Break. by Bernard MacLaverty. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: Not Yet Rated. First Published: Aug , pages Paperback: Sep , pages. Genres. Rate this book. Write a Review. Book Reviewed by: Rebecca Foster Buy This Book. About this Book. Summary; Excerpt; Reading Guide; Reading Guide Questions. ― Bernard MacLaverty, Midwinter Break. 2 likes. Like “The heart never taking a break. The bowels never taking a nap. When it stopped, that was the day it was all over.” ― Bernard MacLaverty, Midwinter Break. 1 likes/5. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are - and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves. MacLaverty is a master storyteller, and Midwinter Break is the essential MacLaverty novel: accurate, compassionate observation; effortlessly elegant writing; and a tender, intimate, heartrending story. Yet it is also a profound examination of human love and how we live .
By Bernard MacLaverty. Published by Vintage - Jonathan Cape. An intense exploration of love and uncertainty when a long-married couple take a midwinter break in Amsterdam. A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, take a holiday - to refresh the senses, to see the sights and to generally take stock of what remains of their lives. Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty Miracles come in all sizes in this intense exploration of love and uncertainty during a midwinter break in Amsterdam. 03 January Buy the book. The plane sat roaring on the runway, waiting its turn. Stella particularly disliked both take-off and landing - that race to build up speed, the parting from. With Midwinter Break, a moving portrait of retired couple Gerry and Stella Gilmore's marriage in crisis, Bernard MacLaverty reminds us why he is regarded as one of the greatest living Irish writers. Through accurate, compassionate observation and effortlessly elegant writing, MacLaverty reveals the long-unspoken insecurities that exist.
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty review – marriage under the microscope. An elderly couple remember their past and face up to the future in this quietly brilliant novel from the Northern. Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast in and lived there until when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children. He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, a teacher of English and, for two years in the mid eighties, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Aberdeen. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are―and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves. MacLaverty is a master storyteller, and Midwinter Break is the essential MacLaverty novel: accurate, compassionate observation; effortlessly elegant writing; and a tender, intimate, heartrending story. Yet it is also a profound examination of human love and how we live together, a chamber piece of real resonance and power.
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