Item category 2: Trade Paperback

Building to an extraordinary climax over the course of one spring month, 'At Hawthorn Time' is both a clear-eyed picture of rural Britain and a heartbreaking exploration of love, land and loss.

This collection of 9 stories of varying length combine to give a portrait of twentieth century life in a small West Cork town. Family relationships, the expectations of society, anthropology, myth, tradition, emigration, immigration, education, religion, sport, coming of age, nature and artistic ...

On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon orders her sacrifice. His daughter is led to her death, and Agamemnon leads his army into battle, where he is rewarded with glorious victory. Three years later, he returns home and his murderous action has set the entire family - mother, brother...