A Guest at the Feast

SKU: 9780241970614
A Guest at the Feast

A Guest at the Feast

SKU: 9780241970614
Author: Colm Toibin
Paperback·Ages 18+·Classics
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At a glance

💀 Tone
Reflective, intimate, quietly powerful
⚡ Pace
Steady, thoughtful, immersive
🖤 Vibes
Personal stories, memory, creativity, identity
👑 Themes
Art, grief, family, belonging
🧠 Mind Game
Insightful, introspective, emotionally rich
🔥 Hook
A deeply personal collection exploring the moments that shape a life
👀 Perfect For
Fans of literary memoirs and reflective writing
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who enjoy beautifully written, thought-provoking essays about life, creativity, and identity

From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary essay on his own cancer diagnosis, Tóibín delineates the bleakness and strangeness of life and also its richness and its complexity. As he reveals the shades of light and dark in a Venice without tourists and the streets of Buenos Aires riddled with disappearances, we find ourselves considering law and religion in Ireland as well as the intricacies of Marilynne Robinson's fiction.

The imprint of the written word on the private self, as Tóibín himself remarks, is extraordinarily powerful. In this collection, that power is gloriously alive, illuminating history and literature, politics and power, family and the self.

Book details

Format
Paperback
Reading age
18+
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Published
6 July 2023
Language
English
ISBN
9780241970614

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