Amongst Women Pb
by:
John McGahern (author)
A tie in with the television collaboration between RTE and the BBC, a story about an Irish Republican who, in old age, reflects on his life of struggle and fighting, and seeks to come to terms with his past. From the author of THE BARRACKS, THE DARK and THE LEAVETAKING.
A tie in with the television collaboration between RTE and the BBC, a story about an Irish Republican who, in old age, reflects on his life of struggle and fighting, and seeks to come to terms with his past. From the author of THE BARRACKS, THE DARK and THE LEAVETAKING.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571195268 (0571195261)
ASIN: 0571195261
Publish date: 1998-09-21
Publisher: Faber Paperbacks
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Not a word out of place. If you only read one broody Irish novel about the tyranny of family, make it this one.
Amongst Women by John McGahern is an excellent look at a family’s life in rural Ireland in the 1960s. McGahern writes a quiet sort of novel and yet he address a number of important themes.Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the...