The Dead School - Brossura

McCabe, Patrick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 038531423X ISBN 13: 9780385314237

Casa editrice: Delta, 1996

Riassunto

The award-winning author of The Butcher Boy probes the inner lives of two men--a headmaster and a schoolteacher--each the product of a soul-stifling culture, battling loss and betrayal, as tragedy explodes into despair, rage, and madness. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"A  spellbinding story of betrayal and broken dreams narrated to  a wonderfully menacing effect...the sheer force of  his language...positively thrums with  life."--Los Angeles  Times

"The Dead School  makes compelling literature....The writing is  seamless, the effect shocking: Imagine Apocalypse Now  cheerfully narrated by Jimmy  Stewart."--The Seattle  Times

"McCabe [is] as skilled and significant a novelist  as Ireland has produced in  decades."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

rd-winning author of The  Butcher Boy comes a new novel of  extraordinary power that, according to the San Francisco  Chronicle, "confirm[s] McCabe's standing as one  of the most brilliant writers to ever come out of  Ireland."

In The  Dead School, Patrick McCabe returns to the  emotionally dense landscape of small-town Ireland  to explore the inner lives of two men: a  headmaster and a schoolteacher, each man the product of a  soul-stifling culture, each battling his own demons  of loss and betrayal. Tension coils--until tragedy  strikes a young student in their charge, and the  latent despair and rage that has festered in their  hearts explodes onto the page. As in The  Butcher Boy, McCabe demonstrates his  remarkable command of the vernacular and an uncanny  ability to p

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• Editore: Delta
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 038531423X
• ISBN 13: 9780385314237
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304