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The gathering / Anne Enright ;

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Black Cat ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007.Description: 260 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780802170392
  • 0802170390
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 22
LOC classification:
  • PR6055.N73 G38 2007b
Awards:
  • Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2007.
Summary: As nine members of the Hegarty clan gather for the wake of their drowned brother Liam, his sister Veronica remembers the secret he shared with her about what happened in their grandmother's house thirty years ago, a betrayal that spans three generations.Review: "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, she shows how memories warp and secrets fester."--BOOK JACKET.
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უცხოური წიგნი/ Foreign book უცხოური წიგნი/ Foreign book NVU ABC Library L-Enr-1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 9780802170392

As nine members of the Hegarty clan gather for the wake of their drowned brother Liam, his sister Veronica remembers the secret he shared with her about what happened in their grandmother's house thirty years ago, a betrayal that spans three generations.

"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, she shows how memories warp and secrets fester."--BOOK JACKET.

Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2007.

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