The Gathering
by Anne Enright
Taste attributes: dramafamilyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationshipself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeEmotional and unhurried: a grounded novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Anne Enright
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 260
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- Open Library
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