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That They May Face the Rising Sun
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That They May Face the Rising Sun

novel by McGahern
Also known as: “By the Lake”
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  • Jonathan Swift
    Irish literature
    / The 21st century

    …McGahern published his final work, That They May Face the Rising Sun, which some critics have called one of the best Irish novels of all time. John Banville won the Booker Prize in 2005 for his novel The Sea, the story of an art historian who revisits the seaside village…

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    …McGahern published his final work, That They May Face the Rising Sun, which some critics have called one of the best Irish novels of all time. John Banville won the Booker Prize in 2005 for his novel The Sea, the story of an art historian who revisits the seaside village…

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