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Amongst Women
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’
Häftad, 2026
130 kr
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Introduced by Sinéad Gleeson, John McGahern's Booker Prize-shortlisted Irish 'masterpiece' (Colm Tóibín) is essential reading for admirers of Claire Keegan: 'I love it, I adore it' (Douglas Stuart)As he weakened, Moran became afraid of his daughters.Moran's life is defined by his days of glory as a …
That They May Face the Rising Sun
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’
Häftad, 2009
135 kr
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Now a major motion picture: the Booker-shortlisted Irish author's last novel: a 'masterpiece' (Observer) - 'wise and compelling ... elegiac and graceful' (David Mitchell) - by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) Joe and Kate Ruttledge have come to Ireland from London in search …
Power of Darkness
Häftad, 2002
184 kr
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Paul King, an Irish landowner, is dying; his wife is half his age. He has not allowed his wealth to spread ease or comfort. When he dies, his handsome young workman Paul is urged by a cunning mother to move in on the vulnerable young widow.The Power of Darkness reflects a fallen world. The title is …
Memoir
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’
Häftad, 2026
131 kr
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With a new foreword by Yiyun Li, this beloved memoir of an Irish childhood by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of classics like Amongst Women is a 'healing book' (Sebastian Barry)'McGahern is about as close as we get to Proust.' GuardianI am sure it is from those days that I take the belief that …
That They May Face the Rising Sun
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’
Häftad, 2026
130 kr
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With a new foreword by Kevin Barry, McGahern's 'timeless' (Sinéad Gleeson) novel of rural Irish life is perfect for admirers of Claire Keegan.'I'm grateful for every sentence McGahern left in this world.' Donal RyanWhen the bells rang out for Mass, the strokes trembling on the water, they had the …
Dark
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’
Häftad, 2026
130 kr
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With a new foreword by Colin Walsh, this is 'one of the most volatile, vital and unsafe novels in Irish literature', banned by the censor for obscenity in 1965 - and just as explosive today.He was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.Mahoney grows up in fear of …
Amongst Women
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the Greatest Irish Writers’
E-bok, 2009
115 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME McGahern's 'masterpiece: the sort of book which you can give anyone of any age and know that they will be changed by it' (Colm Tóibín) by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel).'A book that can be read in two …
Pornographer
Häftad, 2009
126 kr
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The provocative novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).A writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael, while he bungles every …
Country Funeral
Faber Stories
Häftad, 2019
100 kr
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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. 'My only concern', John McGahern once said, 'is that I get the sentence right and describe my world clearly and deeply.''The Country Funeral' witnesses three …
Barracks
'The ending is one the finest I’ve ever read by an Irish writer' (Claire Keegan)
Häftad, 2008
130 kr
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The iconic debut novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín) - where ''the ending is one the finest I've ever read by an Irish writer'(Claire Keegan).Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries …
Getting Through
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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Stories by one of the outstanding Irish writers of today, author of Nightlines, The Barracks, The Dark, The Leavetaking, The Pornographer, High Ground, Amongst Women (nominated for the Booker Prize in 1990) and That They May Face the Rising Sun.
High Ground
and Other Stories
Häftad, 2009
142 kr
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The stories in High Ground are set in ordinary places, in the streets and suburbs and dancehalls of Dublin, the small towns and fields of the midlands, the big houses of the beleaguered Anglo-Irish in the aftermath of their ascendancy, the whole changing country propelled in a generation from the …
Leavetaking
Häftad, 2009
127 kr
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A haunting novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín). A day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London where he married an …
Love of the World
Essays
Häftad, 2010
200 kr
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An enlightening collection of essays, reviews and speeches by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since …
Memoir
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the Greatest Irish Writers’
E-bok, 2009
121 kr
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With a new foreword by Yiyun Li, this beloved memoir of an Irish childhood by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of classics like Amongst Women is a 'healing book' (Sebastian Barry)'McGahern is about as close as we get to Proust.' GuardianI am sure it is from those days that I take the belief that …
That They May Face the Rising Sun
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the Greatest Irish Writers’
E-bok, 2009
115 kr
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With a new foreword by Kevin Barry, McGahern's 'timeless' (Sinéad Gleeson) novel of rural Irish life is perfect for admirers of Claire Keegan.'I'm grateful for every sentence McGahern left in this world.' Donal RyanWhen the bells rang out for Mass, the strokes trembling on the water, they had the …
Pornographer
E-bok, 2009
115 kr
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The provocative novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).A writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael, while he bungles every …
Leavetaking
E-bok, 2009
115 kr
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A haunting novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín). A day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London where he married an …
Dark
Cillian Murphy: 'One of the Greatest Irish Writers’
E-bok, 2009
99 kr
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With a new foreword by Colin Walsh, this is 'one of the most volatile, vital and unsafe novels in Irish literature', banned by the censor for obscenity in 1965 - and just as explosive today.He was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.Mahoney grows up in fear of …
Barracks
'The Ending is One the Finest I’Ve Ever Read by an Irish Writer' (Claire Keegan)
E-bok, 2009
115 kr
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The iconic debut novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her …
Creatures of the Earth
New and Selected Stories 'One of the Greatest Irish Writers' (Cillian Murphy)
E-bok, 2009
148 kr
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An exquisite short story collection from 'one of the greatest Irish writers' (Cillian Murphy).The jilted lover in a Dublin pub on a summer evening; the bitter climax between a father and son as a marriage begins; the fortunes and misfortunes of an Irish family; the memories of an ageing priest. …
Collected Stories
Häftad, 2014
166 kr
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A landmark event: the collected stories of 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since his first novel.' …
Collected Stories
E-bok, 2013
145 kr
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A landmark event: the collected stories of 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since his first novel.' …
High Ground
And Other Stories
E-bok, 2013
111 kr
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The stories in High Ground are set in ordinary places, in the streets and suburbs and dancehalls of Dublin, the small towns and fields of the midlands, the big houses of the beleaguered Anglo-Irish in the aftermath of their ascendancy, the whole changing country propelled in a generation from the …
Love of the World
Essays
E-bok, 2013
148 kr
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An enlightening collection of essays, reviews and speeches by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since …
The Letters of John McGahern
Av John McGahern, Frank Shovlin
E-bok, 2021
379 kr
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I am no good at letters. John McGahern, 1963John McGahern is consistently hailed as one of the finest Irish writers since James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.This volume collects some of the witty, profound and unfailingly brilliant letters that he exchanged with family, friends and literary luminaries …
Rockingham Shoot and Other Dramatic Writings
E-bok, 2018
181 kr
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Sinclair; The Sisters; Swallows; The Rockingham Shoot; The Power of DarknessJohn McGahern, the leading Irish novelist of his generation, wrote a substantial number of compelling scripts for radio and television. This volume brings together five of his produced works, at the heart of which sits the …
Country Funeral
Faber Stories
E-bok, 2019
33 kr
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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. 'My only concern', John McGahern once said, 'is that I get the sentence right and describe my world clearly and deeply.''The Country Funeral' witnesses three …
The Letters of John McGahern
Av John McGahern, Frank Shovlin
Häftad, 2023
198 kr
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'Magnificent.' Irish Times'Much to savour.' The Times'An event in Irish culture.' TLSThe collected letters of John McGahern, 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett.' (Guardian)John McGahern is consistently hailed as one …
