Takové maličkosti - CDmp3 (Čte Iris Kristeková a Martin Myšička)

A Christmas Carol in Reverse. The day before Christmas Eve, life asks Bill Furlong, a coal, wood, and peat merchant in the Irish town of New Ross, if he is willing to repay even the little generosity he has received so far... ***** There is just one day left until Christmas 1985, but Bill is still diligently delivering goods. Although his household, consisting of a soft-hearted wife and five underage daughters, urges him to enjoy the climax of Advent, he still needs to provide for the last neighbors. They can't freeze! Moreover, it is wise to wish the local bigwigs a happy holiday, as the exhausted worker knows that it might come in handy. The nuns from the convent, whose intercession is so important in the region, must not be left without fuel either – after all, the happiness of the coal merchant's youngest daughter depends on it, but... But as soon as Bill catches sight of the wretched figure in the shed of the influential Catholic institution, everything tightens within him. Having struggled through life only thanks to the kindness of others, he suddenly faces a critical situation again. Can the unassuming hero resolutely cut through the Circle of Evil that always pretends as if nothing is happening? ***** A captivating Christmas novella, yet biting, nominated for the 2022 Booker Prize. The admired Irish prose writer highlights the conditions that crushed her country even at the end of the 80s...