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The Forgotten Waltz

By Anne Enright

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During a snowstorm, Gina Moynihan reminisces the string of events that brought her the love of her life, Sean Vallely, and recalls their affair, in this new ...

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THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ by Anne Enright

Review by Bonnie Brody (OCT 21, 2011) Anne Enright, author of the 2007 Booker Prize winner, The Gathering, has written a new novel called The Forgotten Waltz. It is told from the point of view of Gina Moynihan who has a lust-filled affair with a marr ... (read full critics)

mostlyfiction published on Sat, 22 Oct 2011

'The Forgotten Waltz' by Anne Enright

In the immediate afterglow of having read Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz way back in May, I was positive it would be at least longlisted for this year's Booker prize. After all, she'd won it in 2007 — with her extraordinarily grim and disturbing ... (read full critics)

readingmatters published on Sun, 9 Oct 2011

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It took me a few days to realise how good The Forgotten Waltz really is and it is very difficult to pin down why it is so good. I didn't warm to any of the characters, for instance and some I actively disliked. There isn't much in the way of plot, certainly no surprises or unexpected twists. But the ... (continue)

It took me a few days to realise how good The Forgotten Waltz really is and it is very difficult to pin down why it is so good. I didn't warm to any of the characters, for instance and some I actively disliked. There isn't much in the way of plot, certainly no surprises or unexpected twists. But the reader knows as she reads that this piece of writing is different and exceptional. There is a quality of real life about it, a sort of brutal honesty in the voice of the narrator, Gina that sets it apart from other fiction. I cannot explain it any further so all I can say is try it yourself and see if I'm not right...

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e poi rimani senza parole: "...it could have been anyone, you know??" she slides on; one scraping step after the other. "but it was't" , she says. I quite can't see her face. "it was you"

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