Farewell Happy Fields

Adam Palmer, determined to defy God in revenge for his detention in an asylum, embarks on a personal quest to destroy his soul, inflicting small sustained acts of cruelty and violence on those around him. His long-suffering wife, Kathleen, struggles to maintain her self-respect in the face of her husband’s gaslighting. Among the most elusive of Norah Hoult’s works, Farewell Happy Fields was published in 1948 and, like many of her books, was promptly banned in Ireland. A dark comedy full of acerbic wit, it brings searing insight into a lost post-war generation of lower-middle-class women and men as they deal with shame, financial insecurity and emotional poverty. Back in print for the first time in decades, New Island is delighted to bring this startling modern Irish classic to a new generation of readers.

Adam Palmer, hotarat sa-l sfideze pe Dumnezeu in razbunare pentru detentia sa intr-un azil, se angajeaza intr-o cautare personala de a-i distruge sufletul, provocand mici acte sustinute de cruzime si violenta celor din jur. Sotia lui indelunga, Kathleen, se straduieste sa-si pastreze respectul de sine in fata luminii sotului ei.