Reading the Future: Irish Writers in Conversation with Mike Murphy

Anluain, Cliodhna Ni

ISBN 10: 1901866572 / ISBN 13: 9781901866575

Published by Lilliput Pr Ltd 2001-09-24, US, 2001

About this Item

255 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to wrappers. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 465300.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading the Future: Irish Writers in Conversation with Mike Murphy
• Publisher: Lilliput Pr Ltd 2001-09-24, US
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901866572
• ISBN 13: 9781901866575
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None

About this title

Synopsis

Featuring nine in-depth interviews with Mike Murphy and three round-table discussions with fellow Irish writers and critics, Reading the Future creates a unique freeze-frame portrait of Ireland’s literary culture at the turn of the century – and provides fascinating insights into the shaping influences on the lives, creative minds and working methods of twelve great writers. Including a challenging introduction by Declan Kiberd, consulting editor to the series and chairman of the selection panel, Reading the Future is an indispensable source for any serious reader of Irish literature.

Synopsis

"Who are the Irish writers working today who will be read in one hundr ed year's time?" That was the question that RTE put to a panel of scholars, editors and others. The result is a list of writers, each of whom will have a dialogue with Mike Murphy for a forthcoming television and radio series "reading the future". This work includes an incisive introduction by Declan Kiberd, consulting editor to the RTE series and chairman of the selection panel. There will also be biographical notes on each writer and a chronology of Irish literature covering the period in which the selected writers have been working. The result is an insight into the lives and creative minds of 12 great writers. The writers to be interviewed are: John Banville; Marina Carr; Brian Friel; Seamus Heaney; Thomas Kinsella; Michael Longley; John McGahern; Tom Murphy; Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill; Edna O'Brien; and William Trevor.