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Cover of That They May Face the Rising Sun (Great Irish Writers, 1)

That They May Face the Rising Sun (Great Irish Writers, 1)

by John McGahern

Social life and customsManners and customsEnglish fictionFictionIreland, fictionFiction, general

"Joe and Kate Ruttledge, have come to rural Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through action, the rituals of work, religious observances and play. By the novel's close we feel that we have been introduced, with deceptive simplicity, to a complete representation of existence - an enclosed world has been transformed into an Everywhere"--Cover.

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Book data: Open Library