Anne Enright
How Much Does Our Family Background Shape Us?
The Wren, The Wren, the eighth novel by Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright, is a poignant family saga that captivates and lingers in the mind. Spanning three generations, the novel delves into the pain a man inflicts on his wife and daughter, and explores the paths to overcoming it.
Young Irishwoman Nell earns her living by writing travel articles about places she has never visited. With a vivid imagination, writing is her passion. She never met her grandfather, the renowned poet Phil McDaragh, yet his verses resonate deeply with her. Nell's mother, Carmel, is also intimately familiar with these poems. She has long struggled to reconcile the public image of the poet and his work with her personal memories of him as a father. Now, it falls to Nell to seek the reconciliation that eluded her mother.
Since her international bestseller The Gathering, for which she won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2007, Anne Enright has been recognized as one of the most significant contemporary English-language authors. She is acclaimed for her mastery in exploring the psychological depths within family dynamics. Like a surgeon, she incisively examines the inner lives of her characters, unflinchingly revealing their patterns, thoughts, and behaviors. In 2015, she was appointed as the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her latest novel, The Wren, The Wren, has been honored with the Writers' Prize for Fiction, among other
The conversation will be in English, the book excerpts will be read in German.
Organized by the bookstore Bodmer.
If the weather is bad or uncertain, the event will take place indoors at Kaufleuten.
Enjoy sandwiches, snacks and drinks at the festival bar. Open from 7 pm.
Treat yourself to a fine dinner before the event at Kaufleuten Restaurant, open from 6pm.
Selection of songs inspired by the themes of Anne Enright’s novel 'The Wren, The Wren' – memory, inheritance, intimacy, aftermath and poetry ➜ Spotify-Playlist
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