Summary
John Banville: Fragments of Time
From the pen of John Banville, the author of the novel Sea, for which he received the prestigious Booker prize, come vivid memories of events in Dublin, located on the border between factography and fiction. Born in a small town not far from the Irish capital, the hero of this story met Dublin for the first time as a child - with sincere and unadulterated enthusiasm. Although as an adult young man his eventual move to the city brought him disappointment, his fascination with it does not wane. Taking the reader through the streets of Dublin, the author of this pseudo-memoir revels in the history of culture, architecture, politics and society. Interwoven with immediate and personal memories of individual places and encounters, the narrator's memories are also a dedication to the time of growing up and the formation of an artist in his youth. The reader, that is, the traveler, is waiting for a story about the city and life in it, full of layered, completely unexpected emotions.
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