Hugo Hamilton Livres

Roman autobiographique ou autobiographie en forme de roman, Sang impur évoque l'enfance de l'auteur dans le Dublin pauvre des années 50 et 60, entre une mère allemande que les braves gens du coin traitent de nazie - alors qu'elle est issue d'une famille où l'on détestait Hitler - et un père. délirant engagé dans le combat nationaliste irlandais pur et dur, qui exige qu'aucun mot d'anglais ne soit prononcé sous son toit. Pour les gamins de cette drôle de famille, la violence est partout : à l'école où on les traite en parias, dans la rue où les graffitis en forme de croix gammée fleurissent sur leur passage, et jusqu'à la maison par la main du père frappeur, pitoyable et risible tout ensemble, qui impose ses lubies à coups de taloches, mais échoue lamentablement dans toutes les entreprises de la vie. Sentiment de la critique anglo-saxonne : " Le livre le plus captivant que j'aie jamais lu... " RODDY DOYLIE. " Ne soyez pas étonné si, demain, vous voyez ce livre prendre rang parmi les classiques. " COLUM Mc CANN. " Une prose d'une simplicité trompeuse, envoûtante... Sang impur rappelle L'Attrape-Cœur de J.D. Salinger, dont la brillance est ici égalée, voire surpassée... Hugo Hamilton. est le plus grand auteur irlandais dont vous n'avez pas encore entendu parler. " JOSEPH O'CONNOR.

Au crépuscule de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Maria Liedmann fuit les ruines d'un Berlin dévasté. Elle vient de perdre son petit garçon lors d'un bombardement. Il s'appelait Gregor, il avait à peine trois ans. Dans son errance vers le sud du pays. Maria. esseulée, bouleversée. retrouve son père, Emil. Bien déterminé à redonner le sourire à sa fille, il saisit sa chance, lorsque, dans la marée humaine des fuyards. le destin lui fait croiser la route d'un orphelin du même âge que Gregor. Il met la main de l'enfant dans celle de Maria. Le petit s'appellera Gregor. Il sera son fils. Personne ne s'en rendra compte. Soixante ans plus tard, ce souvenir hante encore la mémoire de Gregor. Cette route, ce grand-père, cette femme qu'il pense être sa mère. Cette mère qui. il en est certain. lui a toujours caché quelque chose. Sa judéité. Il est aujourd'hui professeur de musique, divorcé, il est devenu père aussi. Mais jamais il n'a trouvé la paix ; sans cesse anéanti par le tourment de ses origines. Profitant d'une journée avec sa famille et ses amis dans la quiétude d'un verger, il se penche sur son existence. D'où vient-il ? A quel peuple est lié son destin ? Pourquoi a-t-il l'impression de n'être comme personne ?

Pat Coyne is a Dublin policeman who is passionately devoted to sorting out the world and its problems. For Coynne, such things as cars, crime, pollution and golf are all ominous signs of a distegrating society. The world is committing suicide, with MTV droning in the background. Coyne's principal mission is to deal with crime, Ireland's biggest growth industry. Though only a cop on the beat, he decides to take on the notorious gang leader, Drummer Cunningham. When a murder investigation leaves detectives clueless, he enters into a personal feud with the underworld, resulting in disasterous consequences for himself and his family. Coyne is a Dublin Dirty Harry for whom everything begins to go wrong. . . . .

The palm trees give the street a holiday atmosphere. There must be something in the soil they like. They have straight leaves that get a bit ragged, with split ends. At night you hear them rattling in the wind.

Following on from the success of 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir has at its heart the story of a summer he spent working at a local harbour in Ireland, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust. Young Hugo longs to be released from the confused identity he has inherited from his German mother and Irish father, but the backdrop of his mother's shame at the hands of Allied soldiers in the aftermath of World War II, along with his German cousin's mysterious disappearance somewhere on the Irish West Coast and the spiralling troubles in the north, seems determined to trap him in history. In an attempt to break free of his past, Hugo rebels against his father's strict and crusading regime and turns to the exciting new world of rock and roll, still a taboo subject in the family home. His job at the local harbour, rather than offering a welcome respite from his speckled world, entangles him in a bitter feud between two fishermen -- one Catholic, one Protestant. Hugo listens to the missing persons bulletins going out on the radio for his German cousin, and watches the unfolding harbour duel end in drowning before he can finally escape the ropes of history.

Exploring themes of identity and conflict, the narrative follows Hugo Hamilton as he grapples with his mixed heritage amid the turbulent backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Working at the harbor, he becomes embroiled in a bitter rivalry between two fishermen divided by religion. The story deepens with the mystery of his German cousin's disappearance, intertwining personal loss with societal strife. Hamilton's journey reveals how history and familial ties shape one's sense of self amidst chaos.

Set against the backdrop of 1950s Dublin, this memoir explores the complexities of identity and family through the eyes of a child caught in a cultural clash. Hugo Hamilton recounts his experiences as the son of a Gaelic-speaking Irish nationalist father and a German-speaking mother, navigating a household marked by tyranny and tenderness. The narrative reveals the struggles of being perceived as outsiders, facing societal prejudice, and the impact of language on personal and cultural identity, ultimately uncovering deep family secrets.

Vid Cosic is a Serbian immigrant whose immediate friendship with a young Dublin lawyer, Kevin Concannon, is overshadowed by a violent incident in which a man is left for dead in the street one night. The legal fallout forces them into an ever closer, uncertain partnership, drawing Vid right into the troubled Concannon family.

Vid Ćosić is a Serbian immigrant whose immediate friendship with a young Dublin lawyer, Kevin Concannon, is overshadowed by a violent incident in which a man is left for dead in the street one night. The legal fallout forces them into an ever closer, uncertain partnership, drawing Vid right into the troubled Concannon family.