The Star Factory

Carson, Ciaran

ISBN 10: 1862071179 / ISBN 13: 9781862071179

Verlag: Granta Books (edition New edition), 1998

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1862071179-7-1

Inhaltsangabe:

This is a shaggy-dog story delivered without once drawing breath: a risky, nerve-wracking, extraordinary performance. The Star Factory of the title was an abandoned mill, full of Piranesian galleries and rusting machinery, which haunted the author as a child; roads converge on Belfast to form a stellar patter, in an ironic benediction of the city's sectarian divisions. But the Star Factory is also a place of the imagination, where history and decaying architecture are turned into stories. And this is a book about growing up in a city that is full of stories, weaving in and out of each other as Carson explores myriad cities of his native town, diving down "the wormhole of memory" into parallel worlds where religion, politics, and the sad magic of the dying shipyards and linen factories take manifold forms.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Ciarán Carson is a poet, novelist, and translator. His translations include The Inferno of Dante Alighieri and The Táin. His novels include Fishing for Amber, Last Night's Fun, and Shamrock Tea. He has been awarded the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize and the T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize, as well as the Yorkshire Post Prize for The Star Factory.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Star Factory
Verlag: Granta Books (edition New edition)
Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Auflage: New edition.