The Gathering: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) Contributor(s): Enright, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802170390 ISBN-13: 9780802170392 Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2007 Annotation: A dazzling writer of international stature, Anne Enright is one of Ireland's most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a return to an intimate canvas and moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family haunted by the past. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him--something that happened in their grandmother's house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations, she shows how memories warp and secrets fester. The Gathering is a family epic, clarified through Anne Enright's unblinking eye. This is a novel about love and disappointment, about how fate is written in the body, not in the stars. The Gathering sends fresh blood through the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. As in all of Anne Enright's work, this is a book of draing, wit, and insight, her distinctive intelligence twisting the world a fraction and giving it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Ireland |
Features: Price on Product |
Awards: Man Booker Prize, Winner, Novel, 2007 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2007 pg. 621 Publishers Weekly 07/23/2007 pg. 44 Booklist 08/01/2007 pg. 35 Library Journal 08/01/2007 pg. 66 New York Times Book Review 09/30/2007 pg. 19 New York Times Book Review 10/07/2007 pg. 38 NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2007 pg. 12 Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2008 pg. 9 New York Review of Books 04/17/2008 pg. 49 Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001 New Yorker (The) 05/25/2015 pg. 71 |
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Publisher Description: Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland's most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of fresh blood into the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him--something that happened in their grandmother's house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations her distinctive intelligence twists the world a fraction and gives it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. The Gathering is a daring, witty, and insightful family epic, clarified through Anne Enright's unblinking eye. It is a novel about love and disappointment, about how memories warp and secrets fester, and how fate is written in the body, not in the stars. |
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