Книга: Niall Williams «History of the Rain»
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We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story... Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to grandfather Abraham, to her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the three thousand, nine hundred and fifty eight books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room, beneath the rain. The stories - of her golden twin brother Aeney, their closeness even as he slips away; of their dogged pursuit of the Swains' Impossible Standard and forever falling just short; of the wild, rain-sodden history of fourteen acres of the worst farming land in Ireland - pour forth in... Издательство: "Bloomsbury Publishing PLC" (2014) Формат: 155x235, 360 стр.
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Niall Williams
Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958.[1] He studied English and French literature at University College Dublin before graduating with a Master's degree in Modern American Literature.[1] He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen, whom he had met while she was a Master's student also at UCD, and took his first job opening boxes of books in Fox and Sutherland's bookshop in Mount Kisco. He later worked as a copywriter for Avon Books in New York City before leaving America with Chris in 1985 to attempt to make a life as a writer.
His first four books were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Kiltumper in west Clare.[1] In 1991 Niall's first play 'The Murphy Initiative' was staged at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin.[1] His second play, 'A Little Like Paradise' was produced on the Peacock stage of The Abbey Theatre in 1995. His third play, 'The Way You Look Tonight,' was produced by Galway's Druid Theatre Company in 1999.[1]
Niall's first novel was Four Letters of Love. Published in 1997, it went on to become an international bestseller and has been published in over twenty countries.[1] His second novel, As it is in Heaven was published in 1999 and short listed for the Irish Times Literature Prize.[1] His third novel, The Fall of Light was published in Britain and Ireland, France, Italy and America. His fourth novel, Only Say The Word, was published in 2005 in several countries and his fifth novel, Boy in the World was published in 2007. Boy in the World is dedicated to Joseph, Niall's son. He wrote chapters and sent them to Joseph who was away at boarding school. Niall continued the story in the sequel, Boy and Man. Niall's most recent novel, his seventh novel, is entitled John. At present he is at work on a novel, and a screenplay, and a book of short stories.[1]
He currently lives in west Clare with his wife and two children. He works as a mentor for MFA students of Carlow University in Pittsburgh. He was also the writer-in-residence for Co. Sligo, for the previous two years.
Novels
- Four Letters Of Love (1997)[2]
- As It Is In Heaven (1999)[3]
- The Fall of Light (2001)[4]
- Only Say the Word (2005)[5]
- Boy in the World (2007)[6]
- Boy and Man (2008)[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.niallwilliams.com/bio.html
- ^ "Miracles Happen". The New York Times. 9 November 1997. http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/09/reviews/971109.09webert.html?_r=1. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Novel of the week". New Statesman. 5 July 1999. http://www.newstatesman.com/199907050048. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Gaelic revival". The Guardian. 13 October 2001. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/oct/13/fiction.reviews2. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Fiction: Only Say the Word by Niall Williams". The Sunday Times. 16 January 2005. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article411069.ece. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Into the mystic". Irish Independent. 3 March 2007. http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/into-the-mystic-47896.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "In a realm of higher purpose". The Irish Times. 7 July 2008. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/0719/1216389359970.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
External links
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Irish novelists
- People from County Dublin
- Irish writer stubs
Источник: Niall Williams
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