Description
The stories in High Ground are set in ordinary places, in the streets and suburbs and dancehalls of Dublin, the small towns and fields of the midlands, the big houses of the beleaguered Anglo-Irish in the aftermath of their ascendancy, the whole changing country propelled in a generation from the nineteenth into the late twentieth century.
High Ground by John McGahern is a collection of short stories set in ordinary places, yet reflecting the whole of Ireland's changing within a generation, propelled from the nineteenth into the late twentieth century.
About the Author
John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934. He is the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and was the recipient of numerous awards and honours. Amongst Women was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571225699
Author John McGahern
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 130g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 127mm * 9mm
High Ground by John McGahern is a collection of short stories set in ordinary places, yet reflecting the whole of Ireland's changing within a generation, propelled from the nineteenth into the late twentieth century.
About the Author
John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934. He is the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and was the recipient of numerous awards and honours. Amongst Women was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571225699
Author John McGahern
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 130g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 127mm * 9mm
