DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

This Side of Brightness

Essays on the Fiction of Colum McCann

Eamon Maher editor Susan Cahill editor Eóin Flannery editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Verlag Peter Lang

Published:9th Oct '12

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This Side of Brightness cover

Colum McCann is one of the most important Irish writers in contemporary literary fiction. His work has been critically acclaimed across the globe for its artistic achievement, its thematic range and its ethical force. This Side of Brightness: Essays on the Fiction of Colum McCann is the first collection of scholarly essays to deal with McCann’s œuvre, drawing on the pioneering critical work of some of the leading figures in Irish literary studies. Touching on a host of central themes in McCann’s writing – emigration, race, performance, poverty, travel, nationality and globalization – the volume covers each of McCann’s publications and includes a substantial interview with the author. The book is an invaluable resource for current and future scholars of the Irish novel.

ISBN: 9783039119356

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 300g

190 pages

New edition