A guest at the feast, essays, Colm Tóibín
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A guest at the feast, essays, Colm Tóibín
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
essays
Main title
A guest at the feast
Oclc number
11334003062
Responsibility statement
Colm Tóibín
Sub title
essays
Summary
"From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Part one. Cancer: My part in its downfall -- A guest at the feast -- A brush with the law -- Part two. The paradoxical pope -- Among the flutterers -- The Bergoglio smile: Pope Francis -- The Ferns report -- Part three. Putting religion in its place: Marilynne Robinson -- Issues of truth and invention: Francis Stuart -- Snail slow: John McGahern -- Epilogue. Alone in Venice
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Biographies
- Cancer + Patients -- England -- London -- Biography
- Religion in literature
- Ireland -- Social life and customs
- Travel writing
- Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
- Homosexuality + Religious aspects + Christianity
- Popes -- Biography
- Venice (Italy)
- Essays
- Autobiographies
- Travel writing
- Book reviews
- Authors, Irish -- 21st century
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- Biographies
- Cancer + Patients -- England -- London -- Biography
- Religion in literature
- Ireland -- Social life and customs
- Travel writing
- Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
- Homosexuality + Religious aspects + Christianity
- Popes -- Biography
- Venice (Italy)
- Essays
- Autobiographies
- Travel writing
- Book reviews
- Authors, Irish -- 21st century
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