The Pornographer
$36.47
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2024
Summary
By “arguably the most important Irish writer since Samuel Beckett” (The Guardian), a character study of a young resident of Dublin who pens erotica for a living, making his money through fantasy while denying the realities of love and sex in his life.
The Pornographer is the story of a writer down on his luck, not a Dubliner but a resident of Dublin penning far from erotic tales to make ends meet. These tales—revolving around the “delicious, unending revel” of Colonel Grimsha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681378800 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1681378809 |
| Author: | John McGahern, Anne Enright |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 127mm x 14mm |
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“Clear and precise, rhythmic without being insistent, and despite the cynicism of the imagery, strangely tender, the writing achieves a formal elegance that sacralizes its sacrilege.” —Sam Sacks, Harpers“Decorous yet simple, cadenced and absolutely clear … [a] quietly bravura piece of writing, rich with sensory details.” Anthony Domestico, Commonweal
About The Author
John McGahern
John McGahern (1934–2006) was a writer and novelist who has had an immense influence on contemporary writing both in his home country and abroad. He wrote six novels during his lifetime, the last being That They May Face the Rising Sun (published as By the Lake in the U.S.), which won Novel of the Year at the 2003 Irish Book Awards.
Anne Enright is the author of several books of fiction, most recently the novel The Wren, the Wren. She received the Irish PEN Award for Literature in 2017 and served as the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2015 to 2018.
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