Langrishe, Go Down

by Aidan Higgins

Book Overview

An eminently poetic book, Langrishe, Go Down (Higgins's first novel) traces the fall of the Langrishes--a once wealthy, highly respected Irish family--through the lives of their four daughters, especially the youngest, Imogen, whose love affair with a self-centered German scholar resonates throughout the book. Their relationship, told in lush, erotic, and occasionally melancholic prose, comes to represent not only the invasion and decline of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564783529
• ISBN13: 9781564783523
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Langrishe Go UP

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