Articles related to "Irish Fiction"

Ireland's most talked about novelist, John Banville, won the 2005 Man Booker prize with a bittersweet novel of loss and remembrance. Will he do it again?

These three Irish novels from Joseph O'Connor, Patrick Taylor, and Cecelia Ahern provide a glimpse of contemporary Ireland for a variety of readers.

What would you do if you married to escape a boring existence, only to find yourself in a loveless union, forced to live with your husband's petty, critical sisters?

The Irish writer John Banville won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his fourteenth novel, The Sea, in 2005. The award raised the ire of some critics.

Benjamin Black better known among literary circles as John Banville has successfully entered the detective thriller and crime fiction genre with his noir mystery trilogy.

This glossary defines obscure words used in the Booker Prize-winning novel, The Sea, by John Banville. All of the words are used by the novel's obsessive hero, Max Morden

Once widowed, once divorced, and still under thirty, Sydney takes a summer off to tutor a wealthy couple's daughter at their "cottage" on the rugged New Hampshire coast.

"On Chesil Beach" chronicles just one short night, but manages to pack in a lifetime of regrets and a commentary on life in the 1960s as well.

Patricia Scanlan's light-hearted, short novel portrays a story of emotional discovery, betrayal by superficial friends and the ultimate voyage to find lasting love.

Booker Prize winner, John Banville, writes an intimate, personal travelogue about the magical city of the Czech Republic - Prague - in 'The Writer and the City' series.