"This story takes up where O Come Ye Back to Ireland left off. After learning they can't have children, Niall and Christine adopt their only child, Diedre, and continue their story in the pastoral farming community in the wild and beautiful Irish countryside."
"With two-year old Deidre in her baby seat, Niall Williams and Christine Breen take to the backroads and boreens of Ireland in their third book. Illustrated."
"There was a little gang of us assembled now, fifteen or so, Americans, Irish, and
French, looking out expectantly at the compact little ferry bouncing toward us over
the water. Only six of us carried luggage, the rest would return at the whim of the
..."
History of the Rain(1stEdition) A Novel by NiallWilliams Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-62040-647-2, ISBN: 1-62040-647-0
"We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. That's how it seems to me, being alive for a little while, the teller and the told.So says Ruthie Swain. The bedridden daughter of a dead poet, home from college after a collapse (Something Amiss, the doctors say), she is trying to find her father through stories--and through generations of family history in County Clare (the Swains have ..."
John(1stEdition) A Novel by NiallWilliams Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-467-4, ISBN: 1-59691-467-X
"In the tradition of Jim Crace’s Quarantine and Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, John is a stunning, lyrical reimagining of John the Apostle in the final years of his life, by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Four Letters of Love. At a time when Americans remain skeptical about religion but still thirst for spiritual fulfillment, Niall Williams’s extraordinary and masterful new novel reveals a universally appealing message ..."
Only Say the Word(1stEdition) by NiallWilliams Paperback, 345 Pages, Published 2006 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-330-43396-9, ISBN: 0-330-43396-2
"Both a novel and a letter from a husband to his wife, Only Say the Word is a haunting, intimate testament to the enduring nature of love.Jim Foley loves his parents, his brother, his sister, Dickens and God, although not necessarily in that order. Later, he loves Kate, enough to make her his wife; later still, he loves his children, Jack and Hannah. This is Jim's story, from early days spent in County Clare to early adulthood in America ..."
"In their fourth book, Williams and Breen, the authors of O Come Ye Back to Ireland, When Summer's in the Meadow, and The Pipes Are Calling chronicle their life and adventure in this beautiful country, where fewer and fewer Irish men and women are lucky enough to be able to live."
"Ten years ago, Niall and Christine left their careers in New York City for a life in Kiltumper cottage-once Christine's grandfather's stone farmhouse-outside the tiny village of Kilmihil in County Clare. They wanted to lead a more authentic life, to form part of a community, to write and paint and raise children in the scenic Irish countryside where they felt, somehow, they belonged.They have renovated the abandoned cottage, created a g ..."
"Beginning in Ireland in the early years of the 19th century, the four Foley brothers flee across the country with their father and the large telescope he has stolen. Soon forced apart by the violence of the Irish wilderness, the potato famine, and the promise of America, the brothers find themselves scattered across the world. Their separate adventures unfold in passionate and vivid scenes with gypsies, horse races, sea voyages, and bea ..."
"Time has already stopped for Stephen Griffin when he moves into the little house by the sea. Twenty-eight years old and haunted by death, the tall, awkward, shy schoolteacher is Content to care for his father in Dublin and let life pass him by.Then a miracle appears: a string ensemble from Venice and, with it, a violinist named Gabriella Castoldi. Even though the worldly, beautiful musician seems incapable of giving her heart, love seiz ..."
John(1stEdition) by NiallWilliams, John Williams Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-9678-3, ISBN: 0-7475-9678-6
"What invisible drama plays, what passes to and fro in the columns of air above them, none knows, but the disciples think: perhaps the time is arrived at last. Aged, blind and perilously frail, John the Apostle has walked ten thousand miles to tell of love. In a hundred years he has lived to witness sights and scenes that now cloud his mind. Of his followers, there are few remaining, banished with him to an island where they wait as stor ..."
"Details the experiences of two novice farmers on a farm in western Ireland, relating their experiences at animal husbandry, their attempts to have a child, and their assimilation into Irish life"
"Niall and Christine left their careers in New York City for a simpler, more authentic life in a cottage outside the tiny village of Kilmihil in County Clare. "Their tale is a delightful romance."—The New York Times Book Review "
Four Letters Of Love(1stEdition) by NiallWilliams Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 1998 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-330-35268-0, ISBN: 0-330-35268-7
"Williams, Niall. Four letters of Love. First edition. London, Macmillan Publishers, 1997. 14 cm x 22,5 cm. 342 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. With the author's signature and his dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell on title page."
"This first volume in a series of drama anthologies invites readers to experience five of the best new plays being produced in 1993-1995 in Ireland's most famous theatre, The Abbey Theatre. This collection includes plays produced at the Abbey within the previous three years. Michael Harding's "Hubert Murray's Widow", his fourth play for theatre, is a surreal nightmare revolving around a killing and a funeral. With a macabre sense of humo ..."
"This first volume in a series of drama anthologies invites readers to experience five of the best new plays being produced in 1993-1995 in Ireland's most famous theatre, The Abbey Theatre. This collection includes plays produced at the Abbey within the previous three years. Michael Harding's "Hubert Murray's Widow", his fourth play for theatre, is a surreal nightmare revolving around a killing and a funeral. With a macabre sense of humo ..."