LEADER 02614nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910465740803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-42694-3 010 $a9786613426949 010 $a0-19-163334-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000079341 035 $a(EBL)834730 035 $a(OCoLC)772845041 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000643247 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12251388 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643247 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10667763 035 $a(PQKB)11267691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC834730 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL834730 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10523351 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342694 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000079341 100 $a20120126d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYoung John McGahern$b[electronic resource] $ebecoming a novelist /$fDenis Sampson 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-968234-8 311 $a0-19-964177-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; 1. Pleasure and Knowledge; 2. The Vocation; 3. 'The years of training in the secret Dublin years'; 4. 'Writing all the time'; 5. 'Art is solitary man'; 6. The Character of the Local Artist; 7. 'The End or the Beginning of Love'; 8. 'The abiding life'; 9. Writing The Barracks; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y 330 $aJohn McGahern was the most admired Irish novelist of the past fifty years. His accessible fiction won him a wide readership throughout Ireland, but the accomplishment of his craft ensured that he also became known as a writer's writer. He set his novels in places he knew intimately-Dublin, London, and the West of Ireland, where he grew up-and became known for the intimacy and honesty of his mapping of home truths of Irish life. His first novel, The Barracks, was widelyhailed as a classic on publication in 1963, and his later work, including Amongst Women and That They May Face the Rising Sun, 606 $aAuthors, Irish$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, Irish 676 $a823.914 676 $a823/.914 700 $aSampson$b Denis$0963912 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465740803321 996 $aYoung John McGahern$92185950 997 $aUNINA