As it is in heaven
By: Niall Williams
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780330391740; 9780330375313
Subjects: Fiction; Man-woman relationships; Women musicians; Teachers
Description: Stephan Griffin is a shy and lonely schoolteacher in the West of Ireland, and his father Philip is a tailor whose wife and daughter died tragically in a car crash fifteen years ago. While Stephen yearns for love and an escape from the monotony of the classroom, his father's only desire is to be reunited with his family in heaven. The appearance of Gabriella Castoldi, a spellbinding musician turns Stephen's fairytales into reality. Now both men have a purpose: Stephen's to secure Gabriella's love and Philips' to help him in his task by making the best suit of his career. Stephen's journey to love and happiness is the greatest and most courageous of his life, as he desperately follows Gabriella to Venice and back again to the coast of Ireland.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Warner Books, 1998.