Books
by John McGahern
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Amongst Women |
Moran is a former Republican who spent his early years fighting the British in the War of Independence. Now he is old, living out his life in the country where his daughters do their best to accommodate to his various moods. The days of his glory are over and he has to come to terms with a new Ireland. The poignant mix of love and bitterness, set against a very Irish background, makes this compelling reading.
*Editor's note: Winner of the 1990 Booker prize
(Diana Davies - bwl 30 June 2005) |
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Amongst Women |
On an Irish farm, widowed ex-Republican officer Moran dominates his family of five. His sons escape but his daughters' lives revolve round their need to placate their angry and disappointed father. Salvation comes through Moran's second wife who brings sanity and balance to the household, enabling the daughters to spread their wings. A perceptive, sparely told tale of evolving psychological dynamics against the backdrop of rural Irish life (though the sun shines unexpectedly often!).
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 51 May 2009) |
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