Drawing from diaries and notebooks, and correspondence with writers such as Samuel Beckett, Alice Munro and Harold Pinter, this is a unique record of a major Irish writer. From the joyful honeymoon years – filled with launches, festivals and visits to their Kinsale home by Richard Ford, Edna O’Brien and other literary legends – to the increasingly difficult years of Aidan’s decline, Hopkin tells their story candidly and without commentary. She shows us how, in spite of all, they remained the best of friends, in love until Aidan’s very last breath.
A Very Strange Man is an exceptional piece of writing, objective and authoritative, personal, honest and moving.
Allannah Hopkin is based in southwest Ireland. She is The 2020 Frank O’Connor International Fellow. Her story collection 'The Dogs of Inishere' was published by Dalkey Archive Press in 2017. Her stories have appeared in the London Magazine and The Cork Literary Review, among others, and have been short-listed for the RTÉ Short Story Award. She has published two novels with Hamish Hamilton.
Produktfakta
ISBN: 9788728129326
Utgivningsdatum: 2022-07-15
Språk: Engelska
Författare: Alannah Hopkin
Uppläsare: Aoife McMahon
Förlag: Saga Egmont
Längd: 11h 24min
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