The Dark
by MCGAHERN, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
The second novel by Irish writer John McGahern shines a light into Ireland's unsavoury past that many might prefer to keep hidden. The Dark was widely acclaimed yet unsurprisingly banned by the Irish state censor for obscenity. The author's unusual writing style might have puzzled some readers as well, since the central character is referred to as You, He, They, or I at various points in the narrative. Yet The Dark remains a sensitive, perceptive, and beautifully written portrayal of a young man's difficult rise from adolescence to adulthood.
Synopsis
The Dark, John McGaherns second novel, is set in rural Ireland. The themes that McGahern has made his own are adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both a puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and widower father.Against a background evoked with quiet, undemonstrative mastery, McGahern explores with precision and tenderness a human situation, superficially very ordinary, but inwardly an agony of longing and despair.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130066
- Title
- The Dark
- Author
- MCGAHERN, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Irish Literature, Banned books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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