Aidan Higgins (1927–2015)
Autor de Langrishe, Go Down
Sobre El Autor
Aidan Higgins, born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland in 1927, wrote short stories, novels, travel pieces, radio plays, and a large body of criticism. A consummate stylist, his writing is lush and complex. His books include Scenes from a Receding Past, Bornbolm Night-Ferry, Balcony of Europe, mostrar más and Langrishe, Go Down, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1966 and was later made into a movie by Harold Pinter. mostrar menos
Obras de Aidan Higgins
Tårn og engle 2 copias
De hand aan zichzelf 2 copias
Lampi d'inverno: romanzo 1 copia
Den siste vinter : roman 1 copia
The Whole Hog 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Langrishe, Go Down [1978 film] — Original book — 3 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1927-03-03
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2015-12-27
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Ireland
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
- Educación
- Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare
- Ocupaciones
- writer
puppeteer
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 30
- También por
- 4
- Miembros
- 417
- Popularidad
- #58,443
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 59
- Idiomas
- 3
- Favorito
- 2
Living in gloom, cold and ruin- their parents dead, the house crumbling about them...and unexplained hostilities between them.- the story focusses mainly on 40-ish Imogen, and her doomed relationship with a seemingly useless German student, staying in one of their properties.
There's no great STORY as such, but it is poetic, atmospheric and quite memorable.… (más)