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The MaiMarina Carr

The Mai

199572 pages
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An accomplished, beautiful forty-year-old woman, The Mai has always sought an exceptional life. Robert, her cellist husband, has always felt stifled by The Mai's ideals of perfection. After seventeen years he leaves her, whereupon she sets about building a dream house in the hope that he will one day return to her. From her fairytale castle, The Mai waits by the window for her dark-haired prince to return. Set in the inspiring surrounds of the West of Ireland, on the banks of the legendary Owl Lake, we enter this world on the day of Robert's return after an absence of four years. In the midst…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2003
    Dramatists Play Service · 61 pages · 9780822218531
  • Other · English · 1995
    Gallery Books · 72 pages · 9781852351625
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