LEADER 02172nam 2200505Ia 450 001 9910971789603321 005 20251116153142.0 010 0 $a9780191633348 010 0 $a0191633348 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7034813 035 $a(CKB)24235062700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC834730 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL834730 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10523351 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342694 035 $a(OCoLC)772845041 035 $a(OCoLC)760290397 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB168035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7034813 035 $a(OCoLC)778202418 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235062700041 100 $a20120126d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aYoung John McGahern $ebecoming a novelist /$fDenis Sampson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $axv, 176 p 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 $aDenis Sampson explores John McGahern's discovery of art as a young man and traces the development of his signature vision and style. Sampson considers McGahern's early efforts as an apprentice novelist and weaves the inner story of the composition of his acclaimed first novel The Barracks into a narrative of imaginative formation. 606 $aAuthors, Irish$vBiography 615 0$aAuthors, Irish 676 $a823.914 700 $aSampson$b Denis$f1948-$01859965 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971789603321 996 $aYoung John McGahern$94464357 997 $aUNINA