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A Guest at the Feast
Droll, careful reflections on Ireland, illness and religion in a welcome collection of essays . . . [the] melancholy elegance of the prose guarantees the reader's enjoyment
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The Modern Library
For Colm Toíbín and Carmen Callil there is no difference between literary and commercial writing - there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, compelling. In their selection of the best 200 novels written since 1950, the editors make a case for the best and the best-loved works and argue why each should be considered a modern classic. Enlightening, often unexpected and always engaging this tour through the world of fiction is full of surprises, forgotten masterpieces and a valuable guide to what to read next. Authors in the collection include Agatha Christie, Georgette Heyer, Daphne du Maurier, Patrick Hamilton, Carson McCullers, J. D. Salinger, Bernard Malamud; Flannery O'Connor, Mulk Raj Anand, Raymond Chandler, L. P. Hartley, Amos Tutuola, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Samuel Beckett, Patricia Highsmith, Chinua Achebe, Isak Dineson, Alan Sillitoe, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Grace Paley, Harper Lee, Olivia Manning and Mordecai Richler.
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Risings
The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a NationAlexander Neubauer is the author of three works of nonfiction: Poetry in Person: 25 Years of Conversation with America’s Poets, Conversations on Writing Fiction: Interviews with Distinguished Teachers of Fiction Writing in America, and Nature's Thumbprint: The New Genetics of Personality. His book reviews and essays have appeared in Time Out New York, Poets & Writers, and other periodicals. For many years, he taught fiction writing at the New School in New York City. Born and raised in Manhattan, he now lives in Cornwall, Connecticut, with his wife, the writer April Stevens, and their two children. Alan Klein is a member of the senior leadership team of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett.
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The Correction of Taste
The Late Fiction of Henry JamesIn this last written work from renowned literary critic Denis Donoghue, The Correction of Taste examines the last three novels of the great Henry James, bringing into sharp focus the opaque depth of his illustrious body of work.
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Crashing Cathedrals
Edmund White by the Book€ 27,50 -
Distant Summers
Remembering Philip Casey, Writer, Fabulist, FriendDistant Summers: Remembering Philip Casey, Writer, Fabulist, Friend is a kaleidoscopic cornucopia of prose and poetry from writers, friends, and family members. A tribute to one of Ireland's great literary talents, the anthology also includes a detailed bibliography of his published work and unpublished prose.
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A Guest at the Feast
Essays€ 19,95 -
Brooklyn
Als Eilis einen Job in Brooklyn, New York, bekommt, verlässt sie ihre Familie in Irland und wandert nach Amerika aus. Auf diesem aufregenden Abenteuer erlebt sie viel Neues und lernt viele neue Menschen kennen. Anfänglich fällt es ihr jedoch noch schwer, in dem fremden Land Fuß zu fassen und sie vermisst Irland. Als sie sich verliebt, muss sich Eilis zwischen ihrer Vergangenheit und ihrer Zukunft entscheiden.
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Penguin Readers Level 5: Brooklyn (ELT Graded Reader)
Abridged EditionColm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.
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A Guest at the Feast
Essays€ 30,95 -
One Hundred Years of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
“A fascinating glimpse into Joyce’s posthumous transformation from novelist into cultural icon, just right for fans and scholars.” —Publishers Weekly
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Synge: A Celebration
Last year when Garry Hynes asked me to edit a book on Synge, I realised that a great seachange had taken place in relation to his work. Once, he would have been viewed by many readers and writers as an old-fashioned figure whose influence was harmful, whose stage-Irishness was not to be taken seriously. Now, he has become a fascinating and ambiguous genius, whose language is rich with wit and nuance and unpredictability. He worked, as Yeats said, with a living speech, and the way he worked, his ingenuity, his style, has come to mean a lot to contemporary writers. The gap between his own shyness, his quietness and the noise his characters make is a great example of the gap between the being who suffers and the mind which creates. Although he was mild-mannered, he had no respect for current pieties, and he made this part of the fierce and uncompromising energy of his plays. Also, his book on the Aran Islands, so careful, watchful, respectful, is understood by all of us to be a masterpiece. Thus it was not hard to approach writers to contribute a piece on Synge, to help produce a book as varied and unpredictable as Synge's own work. The brief was open — use any form, any length, to pay homage to Synge, or argue with him, or conjure up the writer who has become our contemporary. It meant a lot that we were doing this for the Druid Synge Season — when all six major plays will be presented in repertory for the first time — because the Druid Synge productions over the past quarter century have, more than anything else, been responsible for our fresh understanding of Synge's genius.
€ 27,95