Friends With The Enemy - Softcover

Mulkerns, Val

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1999907531 ISBN 13: 9781999907532

Publisher: 451 Editions, 2017

Synopsis

Val Mulkerns has been described by Sebastian Barry as, “a masterly writer in the tradition of Seán Ó Faoláin” and Anne Enright notes that in her work , “liberalising, Shavian voices form a neglected strand of the Irish tradition.” After publishing ten books of fiction and short stories since her début novel in 1951, "Friends With The Enemy" is an elegant memoir, which takes us from an artistic childhood in Dublin through travels in post-war Europe, encounters with established authors in 1950s Ireland, and her own experience over almost seventy years as a writer and journalist in Ireland.

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About the Author

Val Mulkerns is an Irish writer and member of Aosdána. Her first novel, A Time Outworn, was released to critical acclaim in Ireland in 1951. She was associate editor and theatre critic for The Bell later worked as a journalist and columnist and is often heard on the radio. She is the author of four novels, three collections of short stories, two children’s books and many published essays and critical writings. A third edition of her 1984 novel, The Summerhouse was published in 2013 and a volume of her selected short stories, Memory and Desire was published in 2016. Her memoir, Friends With The Enemy, is her eleventh book. She lives in Dublin, Ireland. For more information please see: www.valmulkerns.com

Review

"A masterly writer in the tradition of Sean O'Faolain" - Sebastian Barry

"Liberalising, Shavian voices form a neglected strand of the Irish tradition" - Anne Enright

About this edition

• Publisher: 451 Editions
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1999907531
• ISBN 13: 9781999907532
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 206