Antiquities: A sequence of short stories

Mulkerns, Val

Literature & Fiction

Deutsch

Signed by the author with dedication to previous owner, also name of previous owner on f.f.e.p. some light soiling to fore edge,

The summerhouse

J.Murray

Very Like a Whale

Contemporary

John Murray General Publishing Division

(A book of stories about an Ireland which has been killed by the Celtic Tiger. They are all the more powerful for showing life without the distractions and superficiality which prosperity seems to bring with it)

A Friend of Don Juan

John Murray Pubs Ltd

A Time Outworn

Devin-Adair Pub

This is the Third Edition of Val Mulkerns' critically acclaimed novel, originally published in 1984 by the historical British publishing house, John Murray. Every summer members of the O’Donoghue family return to the Irish garrison town of Ferrycarrig to the house where they all grew up. It seems none of the family has quite escaped the meshes of their childhood. In that house academic excellence has always been taken for granted and there is no quarter for those who failed. Eleanor, the cleverest daughter, retains her status but despises her husband Con. Their daughter, Julia, retreats from parental rejection into a private world of her own. Ruth, married to Martin, a favourite grandson, wonders why family members want to spend each summer at Ferrycarrig when past summers linger around the place like ghosts. This brilliant portrait of a family is described by five of its members, each interlocked in a dependence that seems to transcend time. All those summers and four generations give a splendid evocation of family life.

The Summerhouse

Literary

Tara Press

Memory and Desire

451 Editions

Val Mulkerns has been described by Sebastian Barry as, "a masterly writer in the tradition of Se n Faol in" and Anne Enright notes that in her work, "liberalising, Shavian voices form a neglected strand of the Irish tradition."After publishing ten books of literary fiction and short stories since her d but novel, A Time Outworn in 1951, Friends With The Enemy is an elegant memoir that takes us from an artistic childhood in Dublin through travels in post-war Europe, encounters with established authors in 1950s Ireland and the changing face of the country during the eighties and nineties. With a mellow, concise prose, she recalls her experiences of over almost seventy years as a writer and journalist.

Friends With The Enemy

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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