J. G. Farrell in his own words
Subtitle: selected letters and diaries
By: edited by Lavinia Greacen
Contributors: Greacen, Lavinia
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781859184288
Subjects: Correspondence; Irish Authors; Biography; Diaries
Work titles: Selections
Description: "Many of these selected letters are written to women whom Jim Farrell loved and whom he inadvertently hurt. His ambition to be a great writer in an age of minimal author's earnings ruled out the expense of marriage and fatherhood, so self-sufficiency was his answer. Books Ireland has portrayed him as 'a mystery wrapped in an enigma, a man who wanted solitude and yet did not want it, wanted love but feared commitment, reached out again and again but, possibly through fear of rejection, was always the first to cut the cord.' But Farrell's kindness, deft humour and gift for friendship reached across rejection, which must account for why so many such letters were kept." "Funny, teasing, anxious and ambitious, these previously unpublished letters to a wide range of friends give the reader a glimpse of this private man. Ranging from childhood to the day before his death, Farrell's distinctive letters have the impact of autobiography."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.