That they may face the rising sun
By: John McGahern
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780571212217
Subjects: English fiction; Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: "Joe and Kate Ruttledge, have come to rural Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through action, the rituals of work, religious observances and play. By the novel's close we feel that we have been introduced, with deceptive simplicity, to a complete representation of existence - an enclosed world has been transformed into an Everywhere"--Cover.
Notes: Originally published: 2002.