![]() She also published one book of nonfiction, Making Babies. The panel described the novel as "powerful, uncomfortable and even at times, angry," but "very readable and satisfying."Įnright is the author of three previous novels, The Wig My Father Wore, What Are You Like? and The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Some bookstores even have shelves devoted exclusively to "tragic family books." And it's this familiar terrain that Irish writer Anne Enright heads for in The Gathering - a tightly wound epic tale that the Washington Post describes as a story "about marriage, sex, death, anger, memory, blame."Įnright's "unflinching look" at that territory caught the attention of the judges for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, who awarded The Gathering with Britain's highest literary honor. ![]() ![]() Each week, we present leading authors of fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their work.Įver since the first novel was written, fiction has visited its form on the dysfunctional family. ![]()
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