Top 3 John Banville Books

Books By John Banville

John Banville or Benjamin Black, depending on the occasion. I remember that on some occasion, when I was about to publish my first book, I proposed to my publisher to release that first work under a pseudonym. He looked at me strangely and assured me that pseudonyms are used by exiled writers or ...

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Mrs. Osmond, by John Banville

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On one occasion I dared to write the second part of The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde. Perhaps one day I will upload the result to this blog. Of course, modesty limits me enough in the face of the pretentiousness of the task ... In the case of John Banville, the genius ...

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Return to Birchwood by John Banville

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There are countries like Portugal or Ireland, which seem to carry the label of melancholy in any of their artistic forms. From music to literature, everything is permeated by that scent of decadence and longing. In the book Return to Birchwood, John Banville deals with presenting an invaded Ireland ...

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