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3 giorni fa · The High Irish Style. John McGahern sought formality and distance in his prose, but his masterful novels were always underpinned by the difficult realities of his own life. John McGahern, the preeminent Irish writer of his generation, was best known for his rural writings. Much of his work was set in the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon, the ...
1 giorno fa · A section is devoted to writer John McGahern. Born near Ballinamore in 1934, by the end of the century he was seen as one of Ireland’s greatest living authors. But, as Brian points out, it had not always been so. McGahern became a primary school teacher, teaching at Clontarf in Dublin.
3 giorni fa · John McGahern is considered on of Ireland’s finest novelists, which is a heady position to occupy in a nation with a long tradition of some of the world’s finest novelists. That They May Face the Rising Sun tells the story of “ Joe and Kate Ruttledge who go back to Ireland from London, giving up their professional jobs, to live on a small farm.
3 giorni fa · Then there is the case of John McGahern, venerated as perhaps the finest Irish novelist of the past fifty years. In fact, this very conundrum is one he himself addressed at one time, declaring, ‘Real life is too thin to be art.’ I forget where he said it, but I remember that he was talking about the limitations of autobiography.
5 giorni fa · [ John McGahern Prize for debut Irish fiction 2023 shortlist revealed ] ... John Boyne, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a novelist and critic. Belfast Belfast Agreement.
5 giorni fa · The good times continued even further this week as it was announced that Noel’s book was just one of three books shortlisted for the prestigious literary prize that is the John McGahern Annual Book Prize.
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