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Four Letters Of Love

Synopsis

Now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan.

A classic love story and a beautiful work of Irish literature that is a testament to 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.

Details

15 December 2014
352 pages
9781447275114
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

A joy, an acutely evocative and sexual story . . . my God I couldn't put it downMarianne Faithfull
A breathtaking affirmation of miracles and the power of human loveThe Times, The Times
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, Observer
This book can rightly claim its place among the classics of Irish literature. A wonderfully affecting love storyBelfast Telegraph, Belfast Telegraph