By the Lake by John Mcgahern

By the Lake by John Mcgahern

With this magnificently assured new novel, John McGahern reminds us why he has been called the Irish Chekhov, as he guides readers into a village in rural Ireland and deftly, compassionately traces its natural rhythms and the inner lives of its people. Here are the Ruttledges, who have forsaken the glitter of London to raise sheep and cattle, gentle Jamesie Murphy, whose appetite for gossip both charms and intimidates his neighbors, handsome John Quinn, perennially on the look-out for a new wife, and the town's richest man, a gruff, self-made magnate known as the Shah.
Following his characters through the course of a year, through lambing and haying seasons, market days and family visits, McGahern lays bare their passions and regrets, their uneasy relationship with the modern world, their ancient intimacy with death.

John McGahern was born in Dublin and brought up in the west of Ireland. He is the author of three collections of short stories and six novels, including Amongst Women, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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ISBN 13	9780679744023
ISBN 10	0679744029
Titel	By the Lake
Autor	John Mcgahern
Serie	Vintage International
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-04-08
Seitenanzahl	352
Preise	Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2003
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