Brendan Behan

After The Wake

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Brendan Behan's genius was to strike a chord between critic and common man. When he died, at the age of 41, he was arguably the most celebrated Irish writer of the twentieth century.After the Wake is a collection of seven prose works and a series of articles. It includes all that exists of an unfinished novel, 'The Catacombs', and pieces together items whose comic and fanciful accounts evoke Flann O'Brien. Also featured are works of acknowledged excellence, 'The Confirmation Suit' and 'A Woman of No Standing'. This writing bears all the hallmarks of the author's talent - an ability to bring characters to life quickly and unforgettably, a shar… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84717-730-8
EAN: 9781847177308
Produktnummer: 16664083
Verlag: The O'Brien Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 160 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 333 KB

Über den Autor

Brendan Behan was born in Dublin in 1923. In 1954 his play, The Quare Fellow, was accepted for production by the Pike Theatre in Dublin. Another play, The Hostage, and his autobiographical Borstal Boy make him an international name. Brendan Behan died in 1964.