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Eleven stories set in the author's native Ireland deal with the fragile relations between the sexes, rage within families, the sudden resurfacing of intense fears, and the consequences of willfulness
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John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the West of Ireland. He is a graduate of University College, Dublin. He has worked as a Primary School teacher and has held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America.In the opinion of the Observer, John McGahern is 'Ireland's greatest living novelist'. He is the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, the American-Irish Award, the Prix Etrang re Ecureuil and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Amongst Women, which has won both the GPA and the Irish Times Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a four-part BBC television series. His work has appeared in anthologies and has been translated into many languages.John McGahern lives in County Leitrim, Ireland.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1980. June 1980. Harper & Row. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060130431. 172 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello. keywords: Europe Ireland Literature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Regular readers of The New Yorker will be familiar with many of John McGahern's fine short stories. The eleven stories in this collection are set in McGahern's native Ireland and many of them are concerned with the fragile relationships between men and women - the difficulty of their coming together, the impossibility of commitment, the certainty of loneliness. There is Irish stubbornness, Irish raffishness, and, especially, McGahern's subtle Irish wit. In 'All Sorts of Impossible Things' an instructor born with his heart on the wrong side stubbornly insists on taking his exam despite serious illness. His friend during a sickbed visit senses 'the bloom of death' and asks to keep the instructor's lovely racing hound for him. The death releases in the friend an excitement he can scarcely contain. 'The Stoat' has chased a particular rabbit to exhaustion and finally the rabbit waits for the stoat to cut its jugular. The young man who kindly kills the rabbit goes home to find that his widowed father wants to marry again and has taken an ad in the paper. The candidates are ludicrous, but finally there's a sweet rheumatic lady who fits the bill. When she has a mild heart attack, the father deserts her and so does the son - a family of desperate rabbits. These are strong, finely wrought stories from one of the best Irish writers of this century. inventory #5421. Seller Inventory # z5421
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Hardcover. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 172 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Brown spine with green and red lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$10.95", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild bending along the spine head and tail edges, light discoloration along the spine, and small dents along the rear tail edge. Textblock has mild foxing along the edges. Signed flat by John McGahern on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1391969. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1391969