Clare (Modern Irish Classics) - Softcover

John MacKenna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848403232 ISBN 13: 9781848403239

Publisher: New Island Books, 2014

Synopsis

First published in 1994, Clare was regarded as a daring and intelligent novel that used multiple perspectives and first person narratives to reveal the mind of John Clare, famed 18th-century poet and naturalist. Clare descended into madness in his middle age and the novel deals with the man before and after the beginning of his illness. Hailed as 'subtle' and 'delicate, sensuous and lyrical', the novel delivers on an emotional intellectual level. Republished in New Island's Modern Irish Classics series for the first time.

About this title

Review:

'The language--delicate, sensuous and lyrical --beautifully captures the rhythm and nuances of Northhamptonshire speech' --Fiction Book Review

'The novel's language echoes the lyrical astuteness, freshness and honesty of Clare's verse.' --The Independent

About the Author:

John MacKenna was born in 1952 in Castledermot, County Kildare. His books include The Fallen and Other Stories, which won The Irish Times First Fiction Award, A Year of Our Lives, The Last Fine Summer, Things You Should Know, The River Field and The Space Between Us.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Island Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1848403232
• ISBN 13: 9781848403239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176