Title : Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor - book
Summary :
November 1847. Fleeing a dying Ireland where famine is wreaking more havoc every day, hundreds of Irish people have sold their last possessions to board The Star of the Sea , hoping to start a new life in America. About fifteen privileged people share the first-class cabins, while below, the steerage passengers try to survive a crossing haunted by hunger and disease. Among them, a mysterious man, nicknamed the Ghost, wanders the ship every night, bent under the weight of the terrible mission entrusted to him... Mixing historical documents (letters from Irish immigrants, press articles) and fictional documents (the captain's log, letters and songs from passengers), The Star of the Sea has the breath of great masterpieces.
"When we told you that there are adventures from which one does not return with impunity! This magnificent and nightmarish crossing aboard the Star of the Seas attests to it. The crossing of a truly great novel."
Frédéric Vitoux, The New Observer
- EAN: 9782264046741
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