The Barracks - Brossura

McGahern, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571225659 ISBN 13: 9780571225651

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2008

Riassunto

Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, John McGahern's first novel is one of haunting power.

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The Barracks by John McGahern is a novel of haunting power, moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy.

L'autore:

John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the West of Ireland. He was a graduate of University College, Dublin. He worked as a Primary School teacher and held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America.
In the opinion of the Observer, John McGahern was 'Ireland's greatest living novelist'. He was the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and 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 has appeared in anthologies and has been translated into many languages. His last book, Memoir, was published in 2005. John McGahern died in 2006.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0571225659
• ISBN 13: 9780571225651
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240