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James Plunkett

    21 maggio 1920 – 28 maggio 2003

    James Plunkett è stato uno scrittore irlandese celebrato per le sue realistiche rappresentazioni della vita della classe operaia a Dublino. Le sue opere spesso approfondiscono temi di ingiustizia sociale, povertà e resilienza umana di fronte alle avversità. Plunkett ha catturato magistralmente la voce e l'atmosfera autentiche delle strade di Dublino, creando narrazioni piene di personaggi avvincenti e momenti toccanti. Il suo contributo letterario risiede nella sua prospettiva onesta ed empatica sulla vita della gente comune.

    Great Irish Stories of Childhood
    Introduction to Management
    Farewell Companions
    Collected short stories
    Strumpet City
    End State
    • End State

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      An ambitious, thrilling manifesto, setting out a new relationship between the individual and the state and how we can get there

      End State
      4,3
    • The classic, powerful novel of life and hard times in Dublin during the angry years leading up to World War I. A story bursting with memorable characters caught up in the bitter struggles of the age, driven by love and hate, pride and devotion.

      Strumpet City
      4,3
    • "James Plunkett's long-awaited second novel is a haunting evocation of the poignancy and pathos of Irish life between the wars." Back cover comment.

      Farewell Companions
    • Introduction to Management

      • 679pagine
      • 24 ore di lettura

      The latest look at corporate culture, planning, and all other functions of business as the apply to both large and small companies in the United States and globally.

      Introduction to Management
    • Great Irish Stories of Childhood

      • 271pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      This collection looks at the years of innocence, the pains and pleasures of schooldays and the struggles of adolescence in stories by such writers as Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Flann O'Brien, William Trevor, Bryan MacMahon, Samuel Beckett, Neil Jordan, Sean O'Faolain, Edna O'Brien, Brian Friel, Maeve Binchy, Brendan Behan and many more.

      Great Irish Stories of Childhood