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McGahern, John

 
9780571132805: The Leavetaking
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ISBN 10: 0571132804 ISBN 13: 9780571132805
Verlag: Faber and Faber, 1984

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A day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London, where he married an American divorcée. As a result he now faces certain dismissal by the school authorities. The novel recreates the story of how the man and the woman broke the shackles of guilt and duty and came to accept a fulfilling adult love.

'A beautiful, irresistible work of imagination.' Sunday Telegraph

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John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the West of Ireland. He was a graduate of University College, Dublin. He worked as a Primary School teacher and held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America.In the opinion of the Observer, John McGahern was 'Ireland's greatest living novelist'. He was the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and was the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, the American-Irish Award, the Prix Etrangère Ecureuil and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Amongst Women, which 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. His last book, Memoir, was published in 2005.

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Verlag
Faber and Faber
Erscheinungsdatum
1984
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0571132804
ISBN 13 
9780571132805
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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