2025_06 Trobada Club de Lectura en anglès. Comenten "The Wren, the Wren"

El club de lectura en anglès s'ha trobat i han parlat llargament sobre "The Wren, the Wren". Una de les coordinadores i participants, l'Annabel ens ha passat el següent:

At our book club session last Friday, June 13, "we discussed *The Wren, The Wren* by Anne Enright, a powerful intergenerational novel that explores love, trauma, and legacy. 

Many of us admitted that we initially struggled with the first section, which follows Nell, a 20-something woman who has moved to Dublin in an attempt to live independently. Immersed in a sad bubble, her story unfolds in a stream-of-consciousness style that captures her pain, self-harm, and destructive relationship with Felim. 

As readers, we felt helpless witnessing her silent demise. Later, we meet her mother, Carmel, who is controlling, emotionally withdrawn, and deeply scarred by her father’s abandonment. Phil McDaragh, Carmel’s father and a celebrated poet, chose art and narcissism over his dying wife and children. 

Despite the pain, the novel moves towards hope. The symbolic *wren*, once linked to sacrifice and violence in Irish folklore, eventually becomes a sign of freedom, healing, and the promise of a brighter future."

Des d'aquest raconet us animem a participar en aquestes tertúlies tant interessants i absolutament en anglès!