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About Neil Williams is the author of nine novels, theater plays and screenplays. He studied literature in Dublin and has a master’s degree. Neil Williams’ work combines features of different genres — psychological prose, parenting novel, magical realism and love novel. The novel «Four Letters of Love» was published in 1991 and became a bestseller in a matter of days. Now the novel has been published in 20 countries! IMPAC Literary Award The Man Booker Prize 2014 (Longlist) Letters filled with sincerity and love can change a person’s life. And sometimes it is not so important whether they were sent, received or completely lost on the road. This truth is at the heart of Neil Williams’ debut novel, Four Letters of Love, which is considered the new classic in Great Britain and Ireland. Abstract Niklas Keelan was twelve years old when his father announced that he had received a divine sign and should become an artist. But his paintings are gloomy, they are not in demand, and the family is in dire straits. Every day Niklas’s father feels more and more guilt before his family … Isabel Gore is the poet’s daughter. She had a wonderful childhood, but it ended in an instant, when her brother, a talented musician, lost his health and his gift at once. The feeling of guilt does not leave Isabel for years, and even pushes into the arms of a man whom she does not love. When Niklas goes to one of the Irish islands to find the last surviving painting of his father, fate will bring him to Isabel. They will be fascinated by each other, and he will write a lot of letters to her, but, unfortunately, most of them are destined to die in the fire …
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