The snapper

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The Snapper is the second novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and part of a trilogy . The work was published in 1990.

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Sharon Rabbitte , eldest daughter of Jimmy Sr. and Veronica , is impregnated by the father of a friend after a boozy evening in the pub. When Sharon notices the pregnancy a few weeks later, she first decides not to tell anyone who the child's father is.

The novel is set in the working class in the late 1980s. At this point in time, it is still a huge scandal in Ireland when young women are expecting a child without being married. Torn between sadness, pain, anger and finally a certain joy in her child, the twenty-year-old Sharon goes through all the ups and downs of pregnancy with much higher intensity (described by Roddy Doyle down to the smallest detail). Even though her parents won't let her down, Sharon is still alone. The novel has an open ending. Sharon is in childbed , holds her baby in her arms for the first time - and laughs. How her life will go on remains unclear.

filming

The novel was filmed for television in 1993 under the same title. Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Tina Kellegher and Colm Meaney . In the film, however , the family name is Curley instead of Rabitte , as 20th Century Fox had the naming rights since the film The Commitments (1991, the first part of the trilogy).

The final part was Fisch & Chips , the original title of which is The Van .

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