Fascinating and much forgotten story of Manchester's contribution to the Great War.
Joseph O. Neill Libri
23 febbraio 1964
Joseph O'Neill è celebrato per le sue acute esplorazioni della vita moderna, addentrandosi spesso in temi di alienazione, identità e la ricerca di significato in diversi paesaggi culturali. La sua prosa è caratterizzata da un sofisticato dominio della lingua, acuta osservazione e un tono che bilancia malinconia e arguzia. O'Neill affronta il suo mestiere con una precisione letteraria che attira i lettori nel complesso territorio psicologico dei suoi personaggi. Le sue opere offrono profonde meditazioni sulla condizione umana, lasciando un'impressione duratura.
A fascinating family memoir from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard & Judy pick, `Netherland'.
This book gives an account of the role of the common lodging house in nineteenth century Britain, from the perspective of the people who used them: criminals, drifters, the unemployed, homeless, recent immigrants and those who had fallen on hard times.
Blood-Dark Track: A Family History
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Set against the backdrop of World War II, the narrative intertwines the stories of the author’s grandfathers, one Irish and the other Turkish, both imprisoned during the conflict. It delves into themes of politics, murder, and espionage while also serving as a personal exploration of familial connections and the boundaries that define them. Through this dual lens, the book offers a compelling examination of heritage and the complexities of identity shaped by historical events.
A brilliant and darkly comic novel from the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of `Netherland'.
Crime City
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
'Crime City' is a story of a rogue's paradise, a metropolis of both vast wealth & the worst povery in England. The rookeries, the pub, the pawnshop, the lodging house & the workhouse were the breeding ground for crooks & villains of all kinds, from cracksmen to fences, pimps, prostitutes, conmen, & garroters.
This is the Life
- 213pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Joseph O'Neill's debut novel, known for his acclaimed book 'Netherland', which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and selected by Richard & Judy.
The Dog
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 The new novel from Joseph O'Neill, his first since NETHERLAND. "O'Neill, in this book, has come of age as a novelist ... a comic masterpiece ... as mordantly funny as the best of stand-up comedy ... Superb' John Banville, New York Review of Books
Land under England (MMP)
- 304pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
While searching for his missing father, Anthony Julian embarks on a terrifying journey into the Earth's interior. There he discovers a subterranean world, where descendants of the Roman Army suffer under a totalitarian regime in which individualism is completely obliterated by telepathic means. Refusing to join this rigidly controlled society, Anthony must fight to save his father and find a route to the surface -- or perish
In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans--a banker originally from the Netherlands--finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London. Alone and untethered, feeling lost in the country he had come to regard as home, Hans stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country.--From publisher description.
