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None Asha 302 rm. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Showing 2 of 2 A wonderful read from the master. Having read his short stories a few months ago, it was interesting to read about McGaherns earlier life and see where his inspiration came from. The sections concerning his mother are very moving and you can tell she had a profound influence on him. Geographically it never really spans more than a few town lands, but McGahern beautifully creates the sense that, to a child, the whole world is contained within. His father, the sergeant, stalks the pages - a petty, vindictive bully of a man, who beat his children at every opportunity. McGahern describes at one stage how his father, who loved oranges, when he knew he was to be married, bought two dozen oranges in Galway and sat on a park bench and ate them all. He felt that he never would be able to afford oranges again once he was married. This image stayed with me after I’d finished the book. It’s a book full of McGaherns restrained prose, his carefully honed sentences and insight. Although some parts are harrowing, there’s no room for sentimentality or self-pity, which I think sets it apart from other memoirs I have read, there’s just McGaherns unflinching, humane gaze. Just a masterpiece. ( ) 1mackthefinger | Jul 9, 2010 | Considered, elegant, poetic, painful .. a very powerful memoir by one of Irish literature's stylists ( ) blackandamber | Sep 4, 2006 | Showing 2 of 2 ▼Published reviews ▼Common Knowledge
References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (1)'In his award-winning novels and stories, John McGahern explores the ordinary lives of men and women to reveal the intricate workings of the human heart and mind. Now, in All Will Be Well, he turns to his own life, telling the story of his childhood in the Irish countryside and the beginnings of his life as a writer.' 'McGahern grew up the eldest of seven children in County Leitrim, where North and South meet under the Iron Mountains. His early years were marked by his father's violent nature, the selflessness of his mother - a teacher of uncommon independence - and the tragedy of her death when McGahern was only nine. He describes her and how her love remained a source of strength for him and his siblings, helping them to survive their father's tyrannical rule and, ultimately, enabling them to break free into their own lives.' 'McGahern traces his career as a writer as it takes him increasingly far from home - to Dublin, London, Paris, Helsinki, Spain, the United States - before it brings him back to the almost unchanged landscape in which he had grown up and which had indelibly shaped his life and work. His lyrical descriptions of the fields and quiet roads of his home catch the subtle beauty of one of Ireland's least known counties, while his portraits of its inhabitants are drawn with great insight and tenderness.'--BOOK JACKET. No library descriptions found. ▼LibraryThing members' description
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Memoir (John McGahern book): Memoir Fir. World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. McGahern's beautifully nuanced writing draws you into the world of 1950/60's Leitrim, with its inhabitants, its fields, streams, foxgloves and wild strawberries in summer. And also the poignancy of childhood loss, love and hate and bewilderment, the gradual growing mind of an adolescent keen to learn and become free from the tyranny of a moody, brutally inconsistent father.
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