The Fields: A Novel
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316223553 (0316223557)
Publish date: July 8th 2014
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Produktinformation "Als Jim Finnegans heiß geliebte Katze überfahren wird, ist für den Jungen klar: So was wird er sich von Gott in Zukunft nicht mehr bieten lassen. Für den jüngsten Spross einer achtköpfigen Dubliner Familie, an deren Spitze eine gottesfürchtige Mutter und ein draufgängerischer, ab...
At the start of the book, I was reminiscent of Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs”. I thought it would be a lighthearted coming of age story of a young boy – Jim would be similar to Eugene and I’d just swap a Brooklyn backdrop with Ireland. Weeeeeeeellllll, mayhaps I should begin reading book ja...
It is about a boy named Jim Finnegan who lives in Southern Ireland in the mid eighties and comes from a large family of sisters. Being “typically” Irish, the book contains God, the IRA and sexual abuse by a priest. I have yet to read an upbeat book set in Ireland without misery and looming bleakness...
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