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Gerard Donovan, author of Julius Winsome and Sunless, will read from Young Irelanders, a new collection of short stories, on Thursday, September 18, 7pm, at the Glucksman Ireland House in New York. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the very best writers around, as he looks back on his native country of Ireland in a new book of short fiction. Free admission for Members of Glucksman Ireland House and for all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card. For all others: $10 donation at the door. In order to ensure a seat, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or email [email protected].
Gerard Donovan's Sunless has been nominated for a 2007 Best Book Award from The Believer magazine! This extraordinary novel is set in the near future under the clear skies of Utah, and chronicles the darkly funny and emotionally stunted growth of a life overwhelmed with pharmaceutical solutions. Sunless is a masterful work of fiction from the author of Schopenhauer's Telescope, Julius Winsome, and the forthcoming Young Irelanders.
Gerard Donovan, author of Julius Winsome and Sunless, examines the changing face of Ireland in Young Irelanders, a stunning and elegiac collection of interrelated stories. In this marvelous volume coming in July 2008, Donovan returns to his home country of Ireland with a passion. The stories in Young Irelanders shine a fresh light on the New Ireland and how the Irish are coping with its rewards and pressures: immigration, mid-life crisis, adultery and divorce, a lost sense of place and history, and of course, what to do with all that prosperity.
I feel pretty sheepish admitting this but it took me a while this month to open The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I assumed that since I had read it before, the book would not hold the same magic for me. I was wrong. I spent a nice portion of last weekend relaxing in a hammock reading, dreaming of traveling down the Mississippi with Huck and Jim. I’d forgotten much of the soul searching, gut-wrenching questions about “right” and “wrong” that Huck wrestles with. The book certainly reveals more upon each read.
I’ll save my full reactions for our discussion on the 30th but if you haven’t started reading yet start today. Huck is the perfect summertime companion.
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