Gathering, The (2007 Winner Of Man Booker Prize For Fiction)
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Description:
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. 'The Gathering' is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our...
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. 'The Gathering' is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our...
Description:
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. 'The Gathering' is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.
Prizes:
Winner of Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007.
Winner of Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award 2008.
Shortlisted for RTE Radio 1's The Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award 2008.
Shortlisted for Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2008.
Author Biography:
Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published one collection of stories, The Portable Virgin, which won the Rooney Prize, and three novels, The Wig My Father Wore, What Are You Like? - shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and winner of the Encore Award - and The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Her first work of non-fiction, Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, was published in 2004. The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize 2007.
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. 'The Gathering' is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.
Prizes:
Winner of Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007.
Winner of Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award 2008.
Shortlisted for RTE Radio 1's The Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award 2008.
Shortlisted for Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2008.
Author Biography:
Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published one collection of stories, The Portable Virgin, which won the Rooney Prize, and three novels, The Wig My Father Wore, What Are You Like? - shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and winner of the Encore Award - and The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Her first work of non-fiction, Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, was published in 2004. The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize 2007.
| Autor | Enright, Anne |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2008 |
| Kirjastus | Vintage |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 272 |
| Pikkus | 200 |
| Laius | 200 |
| Keel | English |
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