Adrian Duncan: The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

'An original voice' Colm Tóibín

'Duncan brings a new way of seeing' Irish Times

One winter, in a secluded Alpine city, Irish sculptor John Molloy 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 Earthis a masterful excavation of human desires, inhibitions and the patterns of habit to which we unwittingly fall prey.