David Marcus (1) (1924–)
Författare till Land Not Theirs
För andra författare vid namn David Marcus, se särskiljningssidan.
Om författaren
David Marcus is the author of "Irish Ghost Stories", "To Next Year in Jerusalem", and "Mothers and Daughters". (Bowker Author Biography)
Verk av David Marcus
Irish writing 2 exemplar
Associerade verk
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1924
- Avled
- 09-05-2009
- Begravningsplats
- Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Ireland
- Födelseort
- County Cork, Ireland
- Bostadsorter
- Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland
- Yrken
- editor
writer - Relationer
- Daly, Ita (wife)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Du skulle kanske också gilla
Associerade författare
Statistik
- Verk
- 40
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 260
- Popularitet
- #88,386
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 73
- Språk
- 2
I don't think this is necessarily anything unique to Irish writers, but reflects a tendency in so-called literary fiction to take a sort of dazed, distant approach to emotion and to leak away instead of resolving. This can be effective but as it is the main sense of the entire collection it leaves me feeling a bit empty at the end. A couple of stories I liked more than others, but none will linger long, I think.
The most likely to stay with me is the first story, "Time" by Seán Mac Mathúna, which studies a teacher in a prison, whose wife has left and taken their only child. I enjoyed the unfolding of Mr. Crean's interior and the strangely cloistered world around him. The movement of the story, though subtle, is distinct. I do not expect Crean to dissolve at the story's end, but to continue evolving. A good tale.… (mer)