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In the run-up to the second Gulf War a young Irishwoman, Vivien, fulfilling her dream of seeing the magical land of Yemen, starts a passionate affair with a charismatic English anthropologist. However, he has a traumatic history with the woman who was once Vivien's best friend, a history he doesn't realise Vivien knows all about, leaving her battling the conflicting demands of loyalty and love. A gripping depiction of a female friendship disintegrating, and of disillusionment, jealousy and obsession.

?ises Innsbrucki rongis kohtuvad juhuslikult endised armastajad Richard ja Frances – neli aastat p?rast nende m?istatuslikku lahkuminekut rongireisil l?bi Sudaani k?rbe tohutute avaruste. Nad r??givad kumbki oma loo hirmust, segadusest ja kaotusest, p??des lahti harutada t?de juhtunu kohta ja seistes silmitsi kibeda v?imalusega, et ?ks neist valetab.
Kui nende rong l?bi pika unetu ?? vuhiseb, kuulab kolmas reisija nende jutuajamist pealt, olles h?pnotiseeritud keerulisest dialoogist, mis tungib p?hjalikult t?e olemusse ja jutustajate isikup?rasse.
Armastuse ja kahtluste loona on „?ine Innsbrucki rong” tulvil piinavaid m?istatusi ja esmaklassilise ps?hholoogilise p?nevusromaani pinget.

Gabriel Sherlock arrives in Oman in 1982, fleeing shame and disaster back home in Ireland, and begins an intense affair with a woman whom no one else has seen. Locals insist she must be one of the jinn-a supernatural being-but Gabriel refuses to buy into the folklore, despite her sudden, unexplained disappearance. Twenty-six years later, Irishwoman Thea Kerrigan lands in Muscat, chasing her own ghosts from the past, and is approached by Gabriel, who believes she is his lost lover. Certain that they have never met before, Thea is nonetheless drawn to this deluded, and perhaps dangerous, stranger and the rumors that surround him. "Sometimes, the sunniest settings have the darkest shadows. Of Sea and Sand takes you to such a place, plays tricks with light and time-and leaves you not knowing who is real: Us, or Them? Fictional angels and vampires have had their time. Now it's the turn of the jinn."–Tim Mackintosh-Smith

В ночном поезде Рим-Инсбрук случайно встречаются бывшие любовники Ричард и Фрэнсис. Фрэнсис - одна из тех нечесаных странников с рюкзаком за плечами, для которых весь мир - бесконечный праздник, и они на нем желанные гости. Ричард - преуспевающий лондонский архитектор. Их объединяла общая страсть - страсть к путешествиям. Четыре года назад они путешествовали на поезде по безжизненной пустыне Судана, но во время одной из остановок Ричард исчез самым таинственным образом...
Все эти годы они мечтали о встрече, но какими бы пылкими ни были эти мечты, сейчас никто из них не был готов к свиданию.
Каждый из них рассказал свою часть истории. Поначалу они часто перебивали друг друга, но потом по большей части молча слушали. Каждый был потрясен и звуками когда-то любимого голоса в темноте купе, и той историей, которую этот голос рассказывал. И каждый подозревал, что собеседник лжет.

Книга ирландской писательницы Дениз Вудз - это история любви и сомнений, головоломка с элементами психологического триллера. Это первый роман писательницы, которая в 1988 году получила национальную премию Ирландии в жанре малой прозы.

'By the time she was forcing her way through third class, sweltering and sweaty, reason began to lose its hold. Where was he? Before stepping across to another carriage she stopped to catch some breeze, but the relief was mild and momentary. Unease began to slide up her legs, preceded by a hunger-like tremor. She tried to catch her breath and calm herself; she must not faint. There was no longer any excuse for this. Richard would know that she would worry and how on earth was she to find him on a train with several thousand people on it?' On an overnight train to Innsbruck, former lovers Richard and Frances meet each other by chance many years after their mysterious separation on a train journey through the blistering heat and vast empty expanses of the Sudanese desert. As they each tell their separate stories of fear, confusion and loss, they try to unravel the truth of what happened - and finally confront the bitter reality that one of them must be lying. As their train hurtles through a long sleepless night, a third passenger eavesdrops on their conversation, mesmerised by a complex dialogue that probes into the very nature of truth, love and personal identity. Dazzling in its haunting evocations of the landscapes and peoples of north Africa, Overnight to Innsbruck is charged throughout with tantalising puzzles and all the tension of a first-class whodunnit - and marks the debut of a remarkably fresh and original voice in Irish literature.