Презентация, доклад на тему The revolt of a little man against the social injustice in the novel by the Irish writer John McGahern “The Barracks.

the novel by the Irish writer John McGahern “The Barracks."

contracts, but he hadn’t near the money he’d expected to have, the expenses of her last illness and burial eating up most of the profit he had calculated on, as well as all her savings, the savings that had meant so much to her, now only a pathetic little sum against the flood of bills.

and bear the police till he died or was forced to retire at sixty, or the children were able to fend for themselves?

insult, and losing all control.
“Stand yourself,” Reegan said in utter contempt.
“I’ll have you dismissed! Do you realize that?”…
“Now get out before I smash you,”
Quirke had never been confronted with a situation anything like this… He rose with as much dignity as he could keep”.

go out like a light in the end. And what you’ve done or didn’t do doesn’t matter a curse…”

and brought up in the West of Ireland.
He was a graduate of University College, Dublin.
He worked as a Primary School teacher and held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America.
He lived in County Leitrim.

greatest living novelist'.
He was the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and was the recipient of numerous awards and honours.

re Ecureuil and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 

was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a four-part BBC television series.
It has appeared in anthologies and has been translated into many languages.
In 2005, his autobiography, Memoir , won the South Bank Literature Award