John Mcgahern

Amongst Women (eBook, ePUB)

'One of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in old age, living out in the country, Moran is still fighting - with his family, his friends, even himself - in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past.

'A masterpiece.' John Banville

'John McGahern is the Irish novelist everyone should read.' Colm Tóibín

'It is compact but not dense, spare yet rich, and brimming with tension.' Observer

'An overwhelming experience.' The Times

'McGahern brings us that tonic gift of the best fiction, the sense of truth - the sense of transparency that permits us to see imaginary lives more clearly than we see our own.' John Updike

'One of the greatest writers of our era.' Hilary Mantel, New Statesman

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571250189
• Artikelnr.: 38225566

Autorenporträt

John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the Republic of Ireland. He trained to be a primary-school teacher before becoming a full-time writer, and later taught and travelled extensively. He lived in County Leitrim. The author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, he was the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, the American-Irish Award, the Prix Etrangère Ecureuil and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Amongst Women, which won both the GPA and the Irish Times Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a four-part BBC television series. His work appeared in numerous anthologies and has been translated into many languages. In 2005, his autobiography, Memoir, won the South Bank Literature Award. John McGahern died in 2006.