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Emotional women`s fiction for fans of Cecilia Ahern`s PS, I LOVE YOU.

'I binged it like a Netflix show... It's stunning' Luke Kennard, author of The Transition
A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the very first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat hook suspended from the ceiling - and, from its sharp point, the lifeless body of a man hanging by his feet.

Every year, Úna prepares for her father to leave her. He will wave goodbye early one morning, then disappear with seven other men to traverse the Irish countryside. Together, these men form The Butchers, a group that roams from farm to farm, enacting ancient methods of cattle slaughter.


The Butchers’ Blessing moves between the events of 1996 and the present, offering a simmering glimpse into the modern tensions that surround these eight fabled men. For Úna, being a Butcher’s daughter means a life of tangled ambition and incredible loneliness. For her mother Grá, it’s a life of faith and longing, of performing a promise that she may or may not be able to keep. For non-believer Fionn, The Butchers represent a dated and complicated reality, though for his son Davey, they represent an entirely new world—and potentially new love. For photographer Ronan, The Butchers are ideal subjects: representatives of an older, more folkloric Ireland whose survival is now being tested. As he moves through the countryside, Ronan captures this world image by image—a lake, a cottage, and his most striking photo: a single butcher, hung upside-down in a pose of unspeakable violence.

В мартовском, специальном Ирландском номере «Иностранной литературы» за 2022 год: роман Джона Бэнвилла (р. 1945) «Плащаница» в переводе с английского Даниила Адельсона под редакцией Анастасии Бородачевой. События первой сотни страниц романа происходят в конце ХХ столетия. Торжественную литературную конференцию в Турине с явной неохотой почтил своим присутствием знаменитость и властитель дум – Аксель Вандер, который ведет себя странно: беспробудно пьет и обреченно ждет загадочного разоблачения. Вскоре появляется и разоблачительница – незнакомка, годящаяся писателю во внучки. В тот же день они становятся любовниками. Действие второй части…