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Amongst Women is a novel by the Irish writer John McGahern (1934–2006). McGahern's best known novel, it is also considered his greatest work. Published by Faber and Faber, the novel tells the story of Michael Moran, a bitter, ageing Irish Republican Army (IRA) veteran, and his tyranny over his wife and children, who both love and fear him.
Amongst Women: With Tony Doyle, Ger Ryan, Susan Lynch, Geraldine O'Rawe. In 1950s Ireland, the Moran daughters find it difficult to separate from their despot father and live their own lives.
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Jan 1, 1990 · 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of ‘Amongst Women’, widely considered to be the author’s masterpiece. This intimate story of a family living on the Irish border, under the thumb of a former soldier turned tyrant in his own home, has never been more relevant.
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Amongst Women by John McGahern is a contemporary Irish novel published in 1990. This novel explores themes of The Individual in a Changing World, The Individual Versus the Collective, and The Importance of Women.
Amongst Women is a best-selling and critically acclaimed novel about a domineering Irish patriarch and his family. The novel explores the themes of independence, resistance, and change through the rituals and relationships of rural life.
About Amongst Women. Michael Moran is an old Irish Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the Irish War of Independence.
May 30, 2014 · Amongst women. by. John McGahern. Publication date. 1990. Publisher. Viking. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.