There’s at least one son at home for most of the novel so it isn’t that Moran has to endure entirely female company. Quite why McGahern titled it Amongst Women eluded me. And it’s Moran you really want a break from most of the time. The story is well told although none of the characters except Moran are really crafted well enough for you to get to know them too well.
Despite her saintly forebearance, he still manages to push everyone to the limit. In the midst of this storm comes Rose, a local woman who, somehow, manages to marry the man and bring some fur to line the flint. His daughters tiptoe around him like he’s primed semtex. He’s already alienated one son as the book gets underway and goes on to alienate another. It’s very hard to be sympathetic to him, though as his constant belligerance keeps his family on edge. He’s an old freedom fighter from the days of revolution against British rule and, if we’re being sympathetic to him, he suffers from PTSD. Moran rules his family with an iron fist. Remember that if you’re buying books as a gift, we also offer a wide-range of book prints, gifts and greetings cards for readers of all ages! Check out our print studio and gift-shop today.Lyrically written as so many Irish novels are, this centres around the inscrutable patriarch of a rural family. If you’re buying books as a gift, we can gift-wrap them and send them wherever in the world you wish! We can even hand-write your greetings card with your personal message. If we recommend books to you through this service, we’ll be able gather up those books and send them to you no matter where you. Our recommendations service is open for all to use. Moreover, we pride ourselves on being able to track down and obtain any book our customers want. In the opinion of the Observer, John McGahern was ‘Ireland’s greatest living novelist’. He worked as a Primary School teacher and held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America. He was a graduate of University College, Dublin.
John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the West of Ireland. But as his children grow older and seek independence, and as the passing years bring with them bewildering change, Moran struggles to find a balance between love and tyranny. Adrift from the structure and security of the military, he keeps control by binding his family close to him. Once an officer in the Irish War for Independence, Moran is now a widower, eking out a living on a small farm where he raises his two sons and three daughters.
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