Troubled Pleasures: The Fiction of J.G. FarrellFour Courts Press, 1997 - 173 halaman Troubled Pleasures is a critical re-examination of the fiction of J.G. Farrell, whose work has suffered a generation of literary eclipse. It argues powerfully for his status as a significant twentieth-century novelist. |
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... present . All that could be done was to make time stand still for a while . And it was too late even for that ' ( 138 ) . She has previously been gazing up at a clock over the bar in a cafe : The numbers had been replaced by the letters ...
... present . All that could be done was to make time stand still for a while . And it was too late even for that ' ( 138 ) . She has previously been gazing up at a clock over the bar in a cafe : The numbers had been replaced by the letters ...
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... present , but rather an attempt to explain the problems of the present by analysis of past mistakes , thus providing groundwork for vital changes . Farrell , writing with a socialist conviction established during his student days , acts ...
... present , but rather an attempt to explain the problems of the present by analysis of past mistakes , thus providing groundwork for vital changes . Farrell , writing with a socialist conviction established during his student days , acts ...
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... present in Lowry is subverted in this novel by the kind of Beckettian absurdity so observable in The Lung , but now extended to apply to the individual's place in history . Walking through the town with Dr Cohen , Boris observes streets ...
... present in Lowry is subverted in this novel by the kind of Beckettian absurdity so observable in The Lung , but now extended to apply to the individual's place in history . Walking through the town with Dr Cohen , Boris observes streets ...
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PREFACE | 9 |
J G Farrell in Context 5 122 104 | 26 |
A Man from Elsewhere and The Lung | 37 |
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