Fanatic Heart
'A grand master of historical fiction.' Mail on Sunday
Autor*in: Keneally, Thomas
Jahr: 2023
Sprache: Englisch
Dauer: 886 min
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- 'God save all here.' Summer, 1847. People are getting used to the corpses lying by the road and along the ditches. For John Mitchel - lawyer, journalist, activist, politician - the word 'famine' will forever conjure the hollowed faces of Ireland's dead, the liquid Irish of the past now mute on their tongues. Propelled by disgust at the injustice, Mitchel will do all he can to fight for the destitute, the starved, the forgotten. His odyssey will take him all the way to America - that land of promise - but it will draw him into a terrible paradox. He is trying to save lives - in doing so, will he betray the very people he is trying to protect? In Fanatic Heart, Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally takes on one of the most controversial figures of the fight for Irish independence to wrestle with the conflicts at the centre of a complicated legacy. 'One of the world's greatest writers.' Spectator 'He writes with tenderness and pathos.' Irish Times 'A grand master of historical fiction.' Mail on Sunday 'He succeeds, with touches of brilliance, in bringing to life characters in more detail than history ever possibly could.' Sydney Morning Herald
Thomas Keneally was born in 1935 and his first novel was published in 1964. Since then he has written a considerable number of novels and non-fiction works. His novels include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Schindler's Ark and The People's Train. He has won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Prize, the Mondello International Prize and has been made a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library, a Fellow of the American Academy, recipient of the University of California gold medal, and is now the subject of a 55 cent Australian stamp. He has held various academic posts in the United States, but lives in Sydney.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Fanatic Heart
Autor*in: Keneally, Thomas
Mitwirkende: Tredinnick, David Keneally, Thomas
Verlag: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571388967
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen, Historisches
Dateigröße: 777 MB
Format: eAudio Stream
Max. Ausleihdauer: 14 Tage