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The visitor

Book • 2000
The Visitor is a haunting tale of Anastasia King, a 22-year-old who returns to her grandmother's house in Dublin after spending six years in Paris with her mother.

The story delves into Anastasia's complicated homecoming, her relationship with her cold and distant grandmother, and the emotional costs of her choices.

It explores themes of love, loss, grief, and the notion of home, highlighting the complexities of family relationships and the impact of past decisions on present lives.

The novella was written in the mid-1940s but remained unpublished until its recent discovery in a university archive.

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