Booker, the by Anne Enright

Booker, the by Anne Enright

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.

Anne Enright is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Actress. The Man Booker Award for The Gathering and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for The Forgotten Waltz are among the honors she has earned. She is based in Dublin.

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ISBN 13	9780802170392
ISBN 10	0802170390
Title	Booker, the
Author	Anne Enright
Series	Booker Prize Winner Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Year published	2007-09-10
Number of pages	272
Prizes	Winner of Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2007
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