Echo of Other People's Wishes

Irish writer and journalist Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) is well known not only in her homeland but worldwide. In addition to stories, Binchy is the author of 16 novels; her books consistently became bestsellers and have repeatedly received prestigious international awards. In the 1970s, Binchy published three short-story collections—quite successfully—yet her true fame came after the release of her first novel, «Light a Candle» (1982). Three years later, her second novel, «Echoes of a Dark Desire,» was published as well and met with a warm response from readers. By the sea, in the area around quiet Irish townland of Castlebay, an echo hides in a cave. People believe that if you ask the echo a question, it will surely answer. One day, two teenagers, David and Claire, come here. Their dream is the same: to leave far away from their home places. Their dreams come true. Claire wins a scholarship at University College Dublin and moves to the capital. David goes too, dreaming of becoming a doctor. Their paths cross in the most unexpected way—and bring them back, to the gray, deserted Castlebay, where once, against the backdrop of family secrets, gossip, and tangled relationships, a drama of ambition, betrayal, and love played out… For the first time in Russian!