The Colours
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
An atmospheric, sweeping novel about the bond between mother and son, spanning nearly seventy years and set against the backdrop of the first and second world war.
Juliet Bates explores the intricate relationships and inner lives of her characters with keen sensitivity. Her prose is marked by a lyrical quality and an eye for detail, drawing readers into richly rendered worlds. Bates's work delves into themes of identity, memory, and the search for meaning in contemporary life. Her writing offers an experience that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally resonant.


An atmospheric, sweeping novel about the bond between mother and son, spanning nearly seventy years and set against the backdrop of the first and second world war.
Offering an innovative new reading of this major modern author, and examining the material imagination at play in Beckett's fiction, poetry, film and drama over fifty years, this volume will appeal to all students of Beckett, as well as to scholars of European and Irish theatre, literature or aesthetics.