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The Dark
de MCGAHERN, John
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Fine
- Librería
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London, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fine. 191 p. 19 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Slight spine lean. Some soiling to rear free endpaper.
The second novel by Irish writer John McGahern shines a light into Ireland's unsavoury past that many might prefer to keep hidden. The Dark was widely acclaimed yet unsurprisingly banned by the Irish state censor for obscenity. The author's unusual writing style might have puzzled some readers as well, since the central character is referred to as You, He, They, or I at various points in the narrative. Yet The Dark remains a sensitive, perceptive, and beautifully written portrayal of a young man's difficult rise from adolescence to adulthood.
The second novel by Irish writer John McGahern shines a light into Ireland's unsavoury past that many might prefer to keep hidden. The Dark was widely acclaimed yet unsurprisingly banned by the Irish state censor for obscenity. The author's unusual writing style might have puzzled some readers as well, since the central character is referred to as You, He, They, or I at various points in the narrative. Yet The Dark remains a sensitive, perceptive, and beautifully written portrayal of a young man's difficult rise from adolescence to adulthood.
Sinopsis
The Dark, John McGaherns second novel, is set in rural Ireland. The themes that McGahern has made his own are adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both a puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and widower father.Against a background evoked with quiet, undemonstrative mastery, McGahern explores with precision and tenderness a human situation, superficially very ordinary, but inwardly an agony of longing and despair.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 130066
- Título
- The Dark
- Autor
- MCGAHERN, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Faber and Faber
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1965
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Irish Literature, Banned books
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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