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By the Lake : ALA Notable Books for Adults by McGahern, John, 1934-2006; O'Malley, William T.. donor. MChB-B is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>With this magnificently assured new novel, John McGahern reminds us why he has been called the Irish Chekhov, as he guides readers into a village in rural Ireland and deftly, compassionately traces its natural rhythms and the inner lives of its people. Here are the Ruttledges, who have forsaken the glitter of London to raise sheep and cattle, gentle Jamesie Murphy, whose appetite for gossip both charms and intimidates his neighbors, handsome John Quinn, perennially on the look-out for a new wife, and the town&#8217;s richest man, a gruff, self-made magnate known as &#8220;the Shah.&#8221; <br><br>Following his characters through the course of a year, through lambing and haying seasons, market days and family visits, McGahern lays bare their passions and regrets, their uneasy relationship with the modern world, their ancient intimacy with death.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>McGahern (<i>Amongst Women</i>, etc.) expertly captures the rhythms of smalltown Irish life in a graceful but underplotted novel that takes a diverse and gregarious cast of local characters through a transitional period in a lakeside village. Much of the narrative revolves around the daily life of the Ruttl

Author

McGahern, John, 1934-2006; O'Malley, William T.. donor. MChB-B

Publisher

Vintage International, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804153195

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.95 / 5 (242 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13