· Rosie Cowan on Jennifer Johnston, whom Roddy Doyle considers Ireland's greatest writer. Rosie Cowan. Wed EST. First published on Wed 11 Feb EST. J ennifer Johnston is. The Gingerbread Woman - Kindle edition by Johnston, Jennifer. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Gingerbread Woman/5(10). Biography. Born in Dublin in , Jennifer Johnston's first published novel was The Captains and the Kings (). Since then, she has published many more novels, including Shadows on our Skin (), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction, and The Old Jest (), set in the War of Independence and winning the Whitbread Novel www.doorway.ru Of Birth: Dublin.
Jennifer Johnston erzählt die Geschichte von Clara und Lar, deren Leben sich zufällig berühren. Beide sind in der Auseinandersetzung mit traumatischen Erlebnissen der Vergangenheit gefangen, und in ihrer kurzen, etwas kuriosen Begegnung öffnet sich ein Feld, diese Traumata anzugehen. Hello, Sign in. Account Lists Returns Orders. Cart. Jennifer Johnston was born in Dublin in , but has lived much of her life in Northern Ireland. Dubbed 'the quiet woman of Irish literature' (Rosie Cowan, The Guardian, 11 February ), she is often under-appreciated for her low-key and personal stories, although peers such as Roddy Doyle acknowledge her to be one of Ireland's finest writers.
'THE GINGERBREAD WOMAN is characteristic as well as untypical of Johnston, similar yet different. She knows her territory. Probably the most consistently undercelebrated of Irish writers, her genius lies in her calm, intelligence and her distinctive feel for the way an individual will act in an extreme emotional crisis. The Gingerbread Woman - Kindle edition by Johnston, Jennifer. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Gingerbread Woman. 'One of Ireland's most talented writers THE GINGERBREAD WOMAN is another fine novel from a polished and sophisticated writer. The intelligence of Johnston's writing, the strength of her characterisation and the power of her dialogue all combine to make the book a strong addition to the Johnston collection' Sunday Business Post 'The Gingerbread Woman is allegorical and poignant and acutely perceptive, crafted by a seventy-year-old mistress of words who refuses o bow to the purists in.
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