GHOST LIGHT back at No 1 and translation deals rolling in
August 5, 2010
GHOST LIGHT by Joseph O'Connor has returned to the top spot on the Irish bestseller original fiction chart (10 weeks since publication, 9 weeks at no 1), while more translation deals have been brokered. The latest deal saw rights in GHOST LIGHT and the award-winning STAR OF THE SEA sold to Dom Quixote in Portugal in a 2-book deal. This is a new language for O'Connor and will see his books translated into Portuguese for the first time.GHOST LIGHT will be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in the US next March. It has also been sold to Record (Brazil), Phebus (France), Fischer (Germany), Ambo|Anthos (Holland), Guanda (Italy), Zvaigzne (Latvia) and Norstedts (Sweden).
O'Connor recently featured on BBC World Service radio taking The Strand on a literary tour through Dublin, to sites including Trinity College and the Abbey Theatre. To listen to the full tour, please click here.
Praise for GHOST LIGHT
' ... remarkable, radiant and captivating novel ... On top of the biographical information concerning these two, Synge and his Molly, Joseph O'Connor has imposed a fictional overlay, and makes a vivid performance of it ... O'Connor's novel carries all the pungency and resonance of a particular era of the past.' -- The Independent
'Engrossing stuff ... Within a specific political and historic context, O'Connor has fashioned the delicate bloom of a love story ... O'Connor has been able to pick and choose the emphasis and style of his presentation, fleshing out his own drama on the skeleton of what is known or imagined of Synge's affair with Molly. Their month's dalliance in a Wicklow cottage ... is a detour from fact that dramatically reveals the emotional heart of this tender novel ... Beautifully written and charming ...' -- The Independent on Sunday