{"product_id":"langrishe-go-down-paperback","title":"Langrishe, Go Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAidan Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eminently poetic book, \u003ci\u003eLangrishe, Go Down\u003c\/i\u003e (Higgins's first novel) traces the fall of the Langrishes-a once wealthy, highly respected Irish family-through the lives of their four daughters, especially the youngest, Imogen, whose love affair with a self-centered German scholar resonates throughout the book. Their relationship, told in lush, erotic, and occasionally melancholic prose, comes to represent not only the invasion and decline of this insular family, but the decline of Ireland and Western Europe as a whole in the years preceding World War II. In the tradition of great Irish writing, Higgins's prose is a direct descendent from that of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, and nowhere else in his mastery of the language as evident as in \u003ci\u003eLangrishe, Go Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e applauded as \"the best Irish novel since \u003ci\u003eAt Swim-Two-Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels of Beckett.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAidan Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e has written short stories, novels, travel pieces, radio plays, and a large body of criticism. A consummate stylist, his writing is lush and complex. His books include \u003ci\u003eScenes from a Receding Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBornholm Night-Ferry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBalcony of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLangrishe, Go Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted for television by Harold Pinter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252619559161,"sku":"9781628973921","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VEtzQ1FlazJDWnl3dWpTOFgzOWNJUT09.webp?v=1768689020","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/langrishe-go-down-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}