Time After TimeThe Swifts, three sisters and their one-eyed brother Jasper, live in a crumbling house in southern Ireland. When they are visited by Leda, their blind but beguiling cousin from Vienna, their lifestyle is dramatically overturned, and the flames of dormant desires are rekindled. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Alys Alys's April asked Aunt Violet Baby June basket beautiful bedroom blind blue bottle Brother Anselm Christy Lucey Christy's cigarette cold cooking dark darling deaf dinner dirndl door drawing-room dress drink Durraghglass eggs espadrilles eyes felt flower garden girls glass going Gripper hand happy head hear heard Hoheria horse I'ld idea Jasper June's kitchen knew ladies laughed Leda Leda's looked May's memory mind Miss Baby morning mountain Mummie Mummie's narcissi never pause perhaps picked pigeon pie pleasure pretty rabbit remember round Sally Lunn sandwiches seakale secateurs sellotape sherry sherry glass shut silence silly sisters smell smiled sounded spoke stood tell thing thought Tiger tinkers Tiny tonight took turned tweed picture Ulick vodka voice waited walked wild window wonder word yoghurt you'ld