| 词条 | The Lilac Bus |
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| name = The Lilac Bus | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = Maeve Binchy | cover_artist = | country = Ireland | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = | release_date = 1984 | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = London Transports (1983) | followed_by = Echoes (1985) }} The Lilac Bus is a collection of eight interrelated short stories by the writer Maeve Binchy, first published in 1984. The stories were republished by Delacorte Press in 1991 together with the earlier 4-story collection, Dublin 4, under the title The Lilac Bus: Stories. Plot summarySet in the 1960s and 1970s,[1] the book follows a group of seven people from the fictional village of Rathdoon in West Ireland, who all live in Dublin and return home each weekend on a lilac-colored minibus.[2] Each chapter focuses on a different character, with events described in a previous chapter making their reappearance with new repercussions.[2] ThemesThe book explores how 20th-century characters with strong Roman Catholic values cope with problems such as alcoholism, homosexuality, unwanted pregnancy, infidelity, drug use, divorce, birth control, and abortion.[2] TV movieThe book was made into a television movie in 1990, directed by Giles Foster and starring Con O'Neill, Stephanie Beacham, and Beatie Edney.[3] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://allreaders.com/book-review-summary/the-lilac-bus-6129|title=The Lilac Bus Book Review Summary|publisher=allreaders.com|accessdate=24 April 2017}} {{Maeve Binchy}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lilac Bus, The}}{{Story-collection-stub}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/08/books/dublin-in-the-rear-view-mirror.html |title=Dublin in the Rear-View Mirror |last=Kane|first=John Kenny |date=8 December 1991 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=9 May 2010}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186309/|title=The Lilac Bus (1990)|year=2017|accessdate=24 April 2017|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} 4 : 1984 short story collections|Irish short story collections|Novels set in Ireland|Books adapted into films |
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