Different kinds of barriers are a recurring theme in Midwinter Break. What is the nature of faith in this novel? How does the notion of faith affect Gerry and Stella individually?Ģ. and the poignancy of his story fills the reader with yearning., tender, affecting novel.MacLaverty's gorgeous prose is tactile and understated.and the poignancy of his story fills the reader with yearning., An artist with a subtle feel for the ordinary, MacLaverty's wry, outstanding novel about the tests that time, age and life impose on love resonates with humanity and emotional intelligence.1. MacLaverty's gorgeous prose is tactile and understated. this is a satisfying, thoroughly enjoyable, and even at times tongue-clucking read.", tender, affecting novel. finely detailed rendering of a couple's virtues and foibles, there are numerous outstanding, jewel-like scenes. exquisite., "In this short, rich, and precisely written novel, acclaimed author MacLaverty examines an "ordinary" marriage in crisis. MacLaverty's gorgeous prose is tactile and understated and the poignancy of his story fills the reader with yearning., A quietly powerful elegy that chides two finely-wrought characters for not being capable of defining what they value most in life. Contemplating the mysteries that lie at the heart of every marriage, Stella thinks, 'Nobody could peer into a relationship-even for a day or two-and come away with the truth.' It's a measure of MacLaverty's achievement here that he has done exactly that., tender, affecting novel. Everything rings true., Midwinter Break is a touching, hopeful portrait of love's complexity, written by a master craftsman, from the fullness of his heart., Sure-handed and captivating. writes with an unfailing and generous sympathy. It is breathtaking writing., An exceptionally good book, beautifully and intelligently written, well worth waiting for. It is paced flawlessly, is lapidary of structure, and is delivered with a purpose and clarity and control that can shut out the noise of the world, of your own heartbeat, even: one of those precious books that, when at last you look up from its pages, you need a moment of re-adjustment, of decompression, so immersive is it. MacLaverty's telescopic observational powers imbue these routines with rare and unexpected beauty., A closely observed, deeply sympathetic rendering of a relationship and the fissures that threaten to wreck it., is, pretty much, a perfect piece of work. Exquisite., wrenchingly intimate depiction of a couple in the chilly, hibernal years of their marriage. A quietly powerful elegy that chides two finely wrought characters for not being capable of defining what they value most in life.
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