The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini
Amir’s childhood revolves within the time-honoured traditions of Afghanistan and his constant desire for his father’s approval. This relationship and their way of life irrevocably changes as they are forced to flee to America when
Afghanastan is invaded by the Russians and, subsequently, the rise of the Taliban. Years later, Amir is obliged to return to Afghanistan and to assuage his guilty secret. The reader will gain an insight into Afghan culture,th
Nenagh Bookclub’s second meeting took place April 12th. The group discussed Suzanne Berne’s A Crime in the Neighbourhood, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and M.J Hyland’s Carry Me Down. All three titles, although set in different continents, are connected by a common theme – familial dysfunction. Each addresses the parent/child relationship, captures the child’s sense of alienation and examines the lengths a child will go to in order to earn a parent’s love and attention. The group engaged in lively discussion and opinions on each title were generally divided.
Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve began writing fiction while working as a high school teacher. Although one of her first published stories, “Past the Island, Drifting,” was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1975, Shreve felt she couldn’t make a living as a fiction writer so she became a journalist. She traveled to Africa, and spent three years in Kenya.Back in the United States, she turned to raising her children and writing freelance articles for magazines. At the same time Shreve also began working on her first novel, Eden
William Trevor
William Trevor is one of the most prolific writers to have emerged from modern Ireland. A novelist and a short-story writer ,he was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, on 24 May 1928. He was educated at St Colu
‘Be delighted’ by the colourful collection of Artwork by Kimberley Vincent Fitzgerald and Jean Beard this May. ‘Rainbow’ is the title of the Exhibition and…
Bealtaine Festival,Nenagh Library will have the DVD of the ‘Nenagh Story Collecting Project’ available to view in the library.
This consists of interviews on ‘local folklore’ with senior citzens from the Nenagh Day Care Centre by Artist and Film Maker Michael Fortune.
Bealtaine 2007 takes the phrase Forever Begin as its theme from the last line of the poem Begin by Brendan Kennelly, which he wrote after