An ambitious, thrilling manifesto, setting out a new relationship between the individual and the state and how we can get there
James Plunkett Orden de los libros
21 de mayo de 1920 – 28 de mayo de 2003
James Plunkett fue un escritor irlandés aclamado por sus representaciones realistas de la vida de la clase trabajadora en Dublín. Sus obras a menudo profundizan en temas de injusticia social, pobreza y resiliencia humana frente a la adversidad. Plunkett capturó magistralmente la voz y la atmósfera auténticas de las calles de Dublín, creando narrativas llenas de personajes cautivadores y momentos conmovedores. Su contribución literaria reside en su perspectiva honesta y empática sobre las vidas de la gente común.
- 2021
- 1999
Great Irish Stories of Childhood
- 271 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
This collection looks at the years of innocence, the pains and pleasures of schooldays and the struggles of adolescence in stories by such writers as Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Flann O'Brien, William Trevor, Bryan MacMahon, Samuel Beckett, Neil Jordan, Sean O'Faolain, Edna O'Brien, Brian Friel, Maeve Binchy, Brendan Behan and many more.
- 1992
The latest look at corporate culture, planning, and all other functions of business as the apply to both large and small companies in the United States and globally.
- 1978
"James Plunkett's long-awaited second novel is a haunting evocation of the poignancy and pathos of Irish life between the wars." Back cover comment.
- 1977
- 1972
Centring on the seminal lockout of 20,000 workers in Dublin in 1913, Strumpet City encompasses a wide sweep of city life. From the destitution of Rashers Tierney to the solid, aspirant respectability of Fitz and Mary, the priestly life of Father O'Connor, and the upper-class world of Yearling and the Bradshaws, it paints a portrait of a city of stark contrasts, with an urban working class mired in vicious poverty
