Used book – Chimères, Nuala O'Faolain, Stéphane Camille

Fascinated by the scandal caused by the affair between an aristocrat and her stable boy during the famine, Kathleen decides to return to Ireland. But after thirty years of absence, she finds her homeland captive to its illusions. Between the resurgence of history and her own childhood, her investigation turns into a questioning of exile, desire, and identity...

"This big novel, in which you wrap yourself like a duvet and wish it were even thicker, reconciles you with humankind." Éric Neuhoff, Madame Figaro

Translated from English by (Ireland) Stéphane Camille