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02355aam a2200313Ia 4500 001 F541D7783D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230818010103 008 120613s2012 enk b 000 0beng d 020 $a 1447214722 020 $a 9781447214724 035 $a (OCoLC)796279170 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $d YDXCP $d YNK $d TXI $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d QE2 $d OCLCA $d UKMGB $d TXI $d OCLCO $d IaU $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6052.A585 $b Z46 2012 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Banville, John. 245 10 $a Possessed of a past : $b a John Banville reader / $c John Banville ; selected by Raymond Bell. 246 30 $a John Banville reader 260 $a London : $b Picador, $c 2012. 300 $a xvii, 501 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Revelations : fiction, 1973-2012 -- Playing parts : stage and radio plays, 1994-2006 -- A blest world : essays, lectures and reviews, 1990-2010 -- Fidgets of remembrance : memoir, 1989, 2003 -- Firstlings : early fiction, 1966-1971 -- Begettings : in progress/in retrospect, 2006/2009. 520 $a The material collected here is a treasure trove, a fine retrospective and a comprehensive guide to the work of Ireland's greatest living novelist, John Banville. Selections are drawn from all of his novels, up to and including 2012's Ancient Light; each piece standing alone, short-story-like, but also resonating with those around it and representing the novel from which it comes. There are radio plays, some published in print for the first time here. There is a judicious selection of his essays and reviews. Perhaps most beguiling of all are the pieces of memoir, the early work (including Banville's first-ever piece of published fiction, from 1966) and the chance to see facsimiles of the handwritten first draft of the opening section of The Infinities. This book is an extraordinary document of the writer's life and work across nearly fifty years of practice, simultaneously offering the perfect introduction to Banville's sublime art and manna to devoted readers. 600 10 $a Banville, John. 600 17 $a Banville, John. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00007216 700 1 $a Bell, Raymond $c (Writer on John Banville) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031327.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F541D7783D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search