Love of the World: Essays

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Love of the World: Essays
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John McGahern
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780571245123
ClassificationsDewey:824.914
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 3 June 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are now part of the canon of Irish and world literature. Yet he spoke out when he felt he had something worth saying and his non-fiction writings are of great interest to anyone who loves his work, and to all those interested in the recent history of Ireland. This book brings together all of McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. In them his canon of great writers - Tolstoy, Chekhov, James, Proust and Joyce - is cited many times, with deep and subtle appreciation. His discussions of Irish writers who influenced him are generous and brilliant. His interventions on issues he felt strongly about - sectarianism, women's rights, the power of the church in Ireland - are lucid and far sighted.

Author Biography

John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934. He is the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and was the recipient of numerous awards and honours. Amongst Women was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990.