Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking - Couverture souple

Harding, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444743503 ISBN 13 : 9781444743500

Editeur : Hachette Books Ireland, 2014

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michael Harding has worked in theatre as an actor, director and writer. Most widely known as the author of such plays as Strawboys, Una Pooka, Misogynist, Hubert Murray's Widow, Sour Grapes, and Amazing Grace, all produced by the Abbey Theatre, and more than a dozen other plays for leading Irish Companies, including The Kiss, Talking Through his Hat, and Swallow.
He has directed for The Abbey Theatre, The Project Arts Centre, and Red Kettle, and has worked as a performer with many distinguished theatre companies such as Siamsa Tire, Blue Raincoat, The Abbey Theatre and Gare St. Lazare.He was Writer in Association with The National Theatre in 1993, and Writer Fellow at Trinity College in 2001, and has received numerous awards for his theatre work, including The Stewart Parker Award, The Bank of Ireland RTE Award, and Best Male Performer at Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival.
His most recent work, The Tinker's Curse, toured Ireland in 2011.
He is the author of three novels: Priest, The Trouble with Sarah Gullion and Bird in the Snow.

Revue de presse :

'Hilarious, and tender, and mad, and harrowing, and wistful, and always beautifully written. A wonderful book' (Kevin Barry, author of City of Bohane)

'This frank and unflinching memoir offers a fascinating insight into the mind of the author of two of the finest Irish novels of the eighties' (Pat McCabe, author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto)

'This memoir grabs you from the outset and holds you right to the end. Harding traverses the human soul and excavates its deepest secrets. His language sings. Extraordinary' (Deirdre Purcell, author of Pearl and Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes)

'It's rare for a memoir to demand such intense emotional involvement, and rarer still for it to be so fully rewarded.' (Sunday Times)

I read this book in one sitting ... it held me and wouldn't let it go (Mary McEvoy Irish Independent 2013-03-02)

Engaging (Irish Examiner 2013-03-16)

Compelling (Sunday Business Post 2013-03-03)

Difficult to put down (Irish Times)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hachette Books Ireland
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1444743503
• ISBN 13: 9781444743500
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320