Best of John B. Keane: Collected Humorous Writings

Keane, John B.

ISBN 10: 185635265X / ISBN 13: 9781856352659

Editore: Mercier Press, 1999

Codice articolo BSM.143FB

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Recipient of the Irish Books Arts & Music Award 2020In this volume are hundreds of short pieces which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career. This is a collection to prize.

Informazioni sull?autore: John B. Keane, playwright, poet and fiction writer, was born in Listowel, County Kerry, in 1928 and died in his home town on 30 May 2002. His first play, Sive, a rural tragedy of love and greed, was rejected by the Abbey Theatre but made a sensational impact on its first - amateur - production and has come to be seen as a classic work. Among his other notable plays are Sharon's Grave (1960), Big Maggie (1969) and The Field (1965), which was successfully filmed. The death of John B. Keane, after a long battle with cancer, was mourned by the Irish nation. He was a Listowel man, a Kerryman and an Irishman; his appeal - whether as raconteur, playwright or novelist - was universal.

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Titolo: Best of John B. Keane: Collected Humorous ...
Casa editrice: Mercier Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Brossura
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