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One Room In A Castle
Letters from Spain, France, and Greece
An adventurous, intimate exploration of three different Mediterrenean cultures,
One Room in a Castle
is a collection of letters, poems, and short stories from Connelly’s sojourns
in Spain, France, and, most evocatively, on the Greek island where she has
lived, on and off, for more than a decade.
Whether horseback riding in the Basque country or eating an impromptu meal with
Gypsies in Avignon, Connelly invites the reader to experience the world in her
way, with the eyes and the heart wide open. Written as letters, these vignettes
provide a glimpse not only into physical landscapes, but into a journey of the
heart. Connelly’s fictional pieces in this book skirt the hem of biography and
autobiography, providing entry into the surprising rebellion of a Gypsy woman
and a bear in Croatia, an unexpected love affair between two artists, and the
curious friendship between a Guardia Civil Policeman and a foreigner searching
for her lost sister.
A bestseller in Canada, One Room in a Castle incorporates work written
in Connelly’s late teens and early twenties, when she first lived in Spain and
France. Rarely does the work of a young writer reach publication in such an
engaging, elegant form.
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