Книга: Roddy Doyle «A Star Called Henry»
Производитель: "Random House, Inc." A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle`s writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins`s boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Издательство: "Random House, Inc." (2000)
ISBN: 978-0-09-928448-2 |
Roddy Doyle
Infobox Writer
name = Roddy Doyle
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birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1958|5|8
birthplace =
occupation = Novelist and Dramatist
notableworks =
The Snapper
The Van
networth =
website =Roddy Doyle ( _ga. Ruaidhrí Ó Dúill, born 8 May 1958 in
Doyle grew up in
Bibliography
Novels
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** "The Snapper" (1990, film 1993) — Jimmy's sister, Sharon, becomes pregnant. She is determined to have the child but refuses to reveal the father's identity to her family.
** "The Van" (1991, shortlisted for the 1991
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* "Paula Spencer" (2006) — Ten years after "The Woman Who Walked into Doors", its protagonist returns.
Short stories
* "The Slave" — Middle-aged man reads "Cold Mountain" and obsesses over a dead rat.
* "Home to Harlem" — A quarter-black Irish student researches his paper idea in Harlem and looks for relatives.
* "Teaching" — Reflections of a spent, alcoholic teacher. "
* "Black Hoodie" — Three students conduct an experiment on racial profiling by store security. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #23, May 2007.
* "The Dog" — A man ponders the gradual erosion of his marriage. "New Yorker," 5 November 2007.
* "The Deportees" — A short-story collection published in early 2008.
* "Bullfighting" — Four middle-aged friends from Ireland take a week's vacation in Spain and reflect on life. "New Yorker," 28 April 2008 [http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/04/28/080428fi_fiction_doyle]
* "The Child" — An insomniac is constantly plagued by intrusive visions of a boy. "McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories," 2004.
Non-fiction
* "Rory and Ita" — About Doyle's parents
Theatre
* "Brownbread" (1987)
* "War" (1989)
* "The Woman Who Walked into Doors" (2003)
* Rewrite of "
Television screenplay
* " Family" (1994) —
Screenplays
* "When Brendan Met Trudy" (2000) — An amusing, light-hearted tale of romance between a timid schoolteacher (Brendan) and a spunky thief (Trudy).
Children's books
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* "Wilderness" (2007)
Research work about the author
* "An Indecency Decently Put: Roddy Doyle and Contemporary Irish Fiction", by
* "La réécriture de l'histoire dans les Romans de Roddy Doyle,
External links
* [http://www.irishwriters-online.com/roddydoyle.html Author page at Irish Writers Online]
* [http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Doyle.html Roddy Doyle: Author Biography] Postcolonial Studies At Emory.
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1144626,00.html Roddy Doyle's verdict on James Joyce's Ulysses]
* [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/10/28/doyle/index.html The Salon Interview: Roddy Doyle]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/roddy-doyle/ Roddy Doyle At Fantastic Fiction]
* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/doyleroddy/paulaspencer Reviews of Paula Spencer (2006)]
References
Источник: Roddy Doyle
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