The Barracks

The barracks

JOHN MCGAHERN

Literature & Fiction

Faber and Faber

Widely considered one of the greatest Irish writers by readers and critics alike, John McGahern has been called "arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett" (The Guardian) whose "spare but luminous prose" (Chicago Tribune) is frequently compared to that of James Joyce. In The Leavetaking, McGahern presents a crucial, cathartic day in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who, along with his new wife, returns to Ireland after a year’s sabbatical in London. Moving from the earliest memories of both characters into the present day, The Leavetaking recounts the couple’s struggle to overcome the suffocating influence of the church in order to find happiness in a fulfilling adult love.

The Leavetaking

Faber Faber Inc

High ground

Stories by one of the outstanding Irish writers of today, author of Nightlines, The Barracks, The Dark, The Leavetaking, The Pornographer, High Ground, Amongst Women (nominated for the Booker Prize in 1990) and That They May Face the Rising Sun.

Getting Through

Contemporary

Moran is an old Republican, a veteran of the Irish Civil War. His old age, its rhythm and shape, is dominated by his three daughters. It is they who revive the custom of celebrating Monaghan Day and it is through their lives that we discover the story of his life. The author also wrote "The Dark".

Amongst Women

One of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. McGahern's tragicomic novel centres on a lonely woman who marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing.

The Barracks (The Faber Library)

Faber&Faber

A tie in with the television collaboration between RTE and the BBC, a story about an Irish Republican who, in old age, reflects on his life of struggle and fighting, and seeks to come to terms with his past.  From the author of THE BARRACKS, THE DARK and THE LEAVETAKING.

Faber Paperbacks

Joe and Kate Ruttledge, have come to rural Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through action, the rituals of work, religious observances and play. By the novel's close we feel that we have been introduced, with deceptive simplicity, to a complete representation of existence - an enclosed world has been transformed into an Everywhere.

That They May Face the Rising Sun

Amongst Women. John McGahern

Genre Fiction

Creatures of the earth: new and selected stories

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Books by JOHN MCGAHERN

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The barracks

The Leavetaking

High ground

Getting Through

Amongst Women

The Barracks (The Faber Library)

Amongst Women

That They May Face the Rising Sun

Amongst Women. John McGahern

Creatures of the earth: new and selected stories