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Irish family secrets unravel; fate and memory.

"The Gathering" might just resonate with you if the dynamics of family and the intricacies of past events unfolding in the present intrigue you. Through Enright's gifted storytelling, you'll explore themes of love, disappointment, and the inescapable nature of family bonds. It's a journey through generational secrets with prose that's as haunting as it is beautiful—an Irish tale that feels both traditional and innovative.

  • Booker Prize (2007)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2008)
  • Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year (2008)
  • Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award (2008)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2009)
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The Gathering

Regular price $49.90
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per
ISBN: 9780099523826
Authors: Anne Enright
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2007-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.12
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Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of fresh blood into the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him—something that happened in their grandmother’s house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations her distinctive intelligence twists the world a fraction and gives it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. The Gathering is a daring, witty, and insightful family epic, clarified through Anne Enright’s unblinking eye. It is a novel about love and disappointment, about how memories warp and secrets fester, and how fate is written in the body, not in the stars.
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Irish family secrets unravel; fate and memory.

"The Gathering" might just resonate with you if the dynamics of family and the intricacies of past events unfolding in the present intrigue you. Through Enright's gifted storytelling, you'll explore themes of love, disappointment, and the inescapable nature of family bonds. It's a journey through generational secrets with prose that's as haunting as it is beautiful—an Irish tale that feels both traditional and innovative.

  • Booker Prize (2007)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2008)
  • Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year (2008)
  • Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award (2008)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.