Gael
January 2007
Trade Paperback · 176 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9781846590061
Telegram Books
Trade Paperback · 176 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9781846590061
Telegram Books
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Description
A young violinist from a Jewish background falls hopelessly in love with an Irish painter called Gael. She leaves her aristocratic husband, marries Gael, and they move to Ireland with their son.
But she is unprepared for a life of poverty, and she struggles with the anti-Semitic sentiments she encounters. As Gael grows increasingly delusional and violent, she desperately attempts to maintain a semblance of normal family life while still pursuing her career.
Gael is at once a moving love story and a brutal, sardonic portrayal of a destructive marriage that comes to a devastating end.
But she is unprepared for a life of poverty, and she struggles with the anti-Semitic sentiments she encounters. As Gael grows increasingly delusional and violent, she desperately attempts to maintain a semblance of normal family life while still pursuing her career.
Gael is at once a moving love story and a brutal, sardonic portrayal of a destructive marriage that comes to a devastating end.
About the Author
Judith Mok was born in the artists' colony of Bergen in the Netherlands. Her international professional soprano career began at the age of twenty-one. She has published three collections of poetry and two novels in Dutch. She lives in Dublin.