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James Plunkett

    21 mai 1920 – 28 mai 2003

    James Plunkett était un écrivain irlandais célébré pour ses représentations réalistes de la vie de la classe ouvrière à Dublin. Ses œuvres explorent souvent les thèmes de l'injustice sociale, de la pauvreté et de la résilience humaine face à l'adversité. Plunkett a magistralement capturé la voix et l'atmosphère authentiques des rues de Dublin, créant des récits remplis de personnages captivants et de moments poignants. Sa contribution littéraire réside dans sa perspective honnête et empathique sur la vie des gens ordinaires.

    Great Irish Stories of Childhood
    Introduction to Management
    Farewell Companions
    Collected short stories
    Strumpet City
    End State
    • End State

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      An ambitious, thrilling manifesto, setting out a new relationship between the individual and the state and how we can get there

      End State
      4,3
    • The classic, powerful novel of life and hard times in Dublin during the angry years leading up to World War I. A story bursting with memorable characters caught up in the bitter struggles of the age, driven by love and hate, pride and devotion.

      Strumpet City
      4,3
    • "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.

      Farewell Companions
    • Introduction to Management

      • 679pages
      • 24 heures de lecture

      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.

      Introduction to Management
    • Great Irish Stories of Childhood

      • 271pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      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.

      Great Irish Stories of Childhood