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The collected letters of John McGahern, 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett.' (Guardian)

"My only concern", John McGahern once said, "is that I get the sentence right and describe my world clearly and deeply." 'The Country Funeral' witnesses three brothers, John, Philly and Fonsie Ryan, as they travel west from Dublin to Gloria Bog - the heart of the territory where so many of McGahern's stories take place - to attend the funeral of their uncle. Depicting the customs and rituals of the day, McGahern exquisitely traces how the brothers react to the area in unexpected and tender ways, and face their own feelings about the transience of life.

Presents a dark and powerful play for television that concerns a Nationalist teacher whose attempt to prevent his pupils beating at a pheasant shoot held in honour of the British Ambassador leads to a shockingly violent incident.

WINNER OF THE 1973 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD By the Author of Stoner In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in Butcher’s Crossing and the campus novel in Stoner. Augustus is the final triumph of a writer who has come to be recognized around the world as an American master.

John McGahern is widely considered to be one of Ireland's greatest writers, with fans including John Updike, Hilary Mantel, Colm Tóibín and John Banville. Often hailed as his greatest work, Amongst Women is a poignant novel of family and togetherness.Once an officer in the Irish War for Independence, Moran is now a widower, eking out a living on a small farm where he raises his two sons and three daughters. Adrift from the structure and security of the military, he keeps control by binding his family close to him. But as his children grow older and seek independence, and as the passing years bring with them bewildering change, Moran struggles to find a balance between love and tyranny. 'A masterpiece . . . It is the sort of book which you can give anyone of any age and know that they will be changed by it.' Colm Tóibín

Výbor Zlaté hodinky a jiné povídky představuje to nejlepší z povídkářské tvorby Johna McGaherna (1934–2006), který je již dnes považován za jednoho z klasiků jak irské, tak světové literatury. V mistrných prózách – z nichž česky vyšel hlavně román Mezi ženami (2003) – autor mapuje život v Irsku ve druhé polovině dvacátého století s neúprosnou, až prorockou bystrozrakostí a působivostí, nezřídka říznutou ironií a černým humorem. Jeho povídky se vyznačují obrazivým stylem, který umožňuje vidět svět nově a celistvě. Toto vidění vyrůstá z blízkosti přírodě, vnímavosti k přírodním dějům i duševním hnutím blízkých, z náboženského cítění odpadlíka od katolické církve a z osobní, často intimní zkušenosti člověka toužícího po lásce a pospolitosti, který se však zdráhá zavírat oči před lidskou špatností a mlčky se podvolovat umrtvující společenské konvenci.

This remarkable volume brings together all of John McGahern's short fiction, fully revised, in a definitive text. McGahern has long been recognized as a contemporary master of the short story; The Collected Stories confirms his reputation as Ireland's leading prose writer.

In them his canon of great writers - Tolstoy, Chekhov, James, Proust and Joyce - is cited many times, with deep and subtle appreciation. His interventions on issues he felt strongly about - sectarianism, women's rights, the power of the church in Ireland - are lucid and far-sighted.

Exploring the author's formative years, this memoir delves into his childhood experiences in the Irish countryside and the early influences that shaped his writing career. Through vivid storytelling, it reflects on the complexities of family life, the beauty of rural landscapes, and the struggles of growing up in a changing world, offering a poignant glimpse into the roots of his literary journey.

McGahern's command of the short story places him among the finest practitioners of the form, in a lineage that runs from Chekhov through Joyce and the Anglo-American masters.