THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN by John McGahern ( 9780571212163 )

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Title:

THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0571212166

ISBN 13:

9780571212163

Publisher:

FABER & FABER

Pub. date:

15 December, 2001

Pages:

304

Description:

Drama unfolds during a year in the lives of a group of characters who have come home to Ireland in search of a different life from that in London. By the close, we feel we have been introduced to a microcosm of Everywhere.

Synopsis:

From the very opening pages, we see many memorable characters as they move about the Ruttledges, who have come from London home to Ireland in search of a different life. There is John Quinn, who will stop at nothing to ensure a flow of women; Johnny, who left for England twenty years before in pursuit of love; and Jimmy Joe McKiernan, head of the IRA, both auctioneer and undertaker. The gentle Jamesie and his wife Mary embody the spirit of the place. They have never left the lake but know everything that ever stirred or moved there. The drama of a year in the lives of these and many other characters unfolds through the action, the rituals of work, religious observances and play. With deceptive simplicity, by the novel's close we feel that we have been introduced to a complete representation of existence. An enclosed world has been transformed into an Everywhere.

Publication:

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Prizes:

Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2003 Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2003

Returns:

Non-returnable

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