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The Leaves on Grey
Desmond Hogan
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Description for The Leaves on Grey
Paperback. Lilliput continues the re-issue of Irish backlist titles with this sensitive, poetic and passionate story. The Leaves on Grey is Desmond Hogan's second novel, originally published in 1980 and made available here with a new Afterword, in which the author reflects on his work. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
It is the late 1940s, and Sean and Liam, middle-class boys in a small West of Ireland town, share a powerful bond of love and rivalry: each long for the same women. At university together in Dublin, Sean and Liam’s burgeoning sexuality leads them to a deeper, almost mystical level of involvement. They befriend Christine, rich, vulnerable and desperate for affection, and Sarah, glamorous, spoiled, intoxicating; her body is a seductive bridge between the pair, which they ultimately cross with painful and profound consequences. The Leaves on Grey is the story of Ireland, ‘maker of wounds, tormentor of youth, ultimately ... Read more
It is the late 1940s, and Sean and Liam, middle-class boys in a small West of Ireland town, share a powerful bond of love and rivalry: each long for the same women. At university together in Dublin, Sean and Liam’s burgeoning sexuality leads them to a deeper, almost mystical level of involvement. They befriend Christine, rich, vulnerable and desperate for affection, and Sarah, glamorous, spoiled, intoxicating; her body is a seductive bridge between the pair, which they ultimately cross with painful and profound consequences. The Leaves on Grey is the story of Ireland, ‘maker of wounds, tormentor of youth, ultimately ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
123
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843516200
SKU
V9781843516200
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About Desmond Hogan
Desmond Hogan was born in Ballinasloe, east Galway, in 1950. He is the author of 'The Ikon Maker' (1976, 2013), 'The Leaves on Grey' (1980, 2014), 'A Curious Street' (1984), 'A New Shirt' (1986) and 'A Farewell to Prague' (1995). His short-story collection 'The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea' (1979) won the 1980 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize; ... Read more
Reviews for The Leaves on Grey
Lost innocence, the young and the bright and the beautiful shining and dancing before dusk, is the theme … Hardly new material, but to it Mr Hogan – one of the most talented writers lately to come out of Ireland or anywhere else – brings a light so brilliant that almost every word dazzles.’ – Janice Elliott, Sunday Telegraph ‘Desmond ... Read more