John McGahern's the Dark, published by Faber and Faber in , is powerfully and purely a novel of tensions. In essence, the writer's sophomore work depicts a narrative of stringent, unraveling oppositions reflected by an external and internal interplay of competing voices/5(97). The Dark, McGahern's second novel, is a fascinating portrait of adolescence that deserves far, far wider appreciation than it seems to have ever www.doorway.rurn's homeland of Ireland may have something to /5(5). Reviewed in the United States on Novem. Verified Purchase. John McGahern's the Dark, published by Faber and Faber in , is powerfully and purely a novel of tensions. In essence, the writer's sophomore work depicts a narrative of stringent, unraveling oppositions reflected by an external and internal interplay of competing voices.4/5(93).
Email. JOHN McGahern's first novel 'The Barracks' won widespread acclaim but it was his second work of fiction 'The Dark' that brought him both celebrity and notoriety. P ublished in , 'The. ISBN: Number of pages: Weight: g. Dimensions: x x 12 mm. Edition: Main. Set in rural Ireland, John McGahern's second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son. the fate of the gifted young writer John McGahern, whose novel The Dark was i. For McGahern's own opinions on the ban and a detailed background of his case, which was so notorious as to be pleaded in D?il?ireann, see Julia Carlson Banned In Ireland: Censorship and the Irish Writer (London: Routledge, ), pp. 2.
The Dark, widely acclaimed, yet infamously banned, is John McGahern's sensitive, perceptive, and beautifully written portrayal of a young man's coming-of-age in rural Ireland. Imaginative and Edition Details Professional Reviews Awards. Reviewed in the United States on Novem. Verified Purchase. John McGahern's the Dark, published by Faber and Faber in , is powerfully and purely a novel of tensions. In essence, the writer's sophomore work depicts a narrative of stringent, unraveling oppositions reflected by an external and internal interplay of competing voices. John McGahern has also written strongly about the generation that grew up in oppressed rural Ireland in his second novel The Dark published in , focuses on the development of an adolescent as he walks through the rural Ireland education system. The main character, young Mahoney, while maintaining his academic proficiency, is experiencing a tense relationship with his father, the old Mahoney – who beats him and his other children – as well as hesitation about what to do with his life.
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