Category: Unreliable Narrator

The Gathering – Anne Enright

Posted on September 15, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Liam Hegarty has drowned himself a river. He is one of 12 siblings who all like to drink, though he was afflicted more than the rest. His family, a large, Irish kin, come together for the funeral. His sister Veronica narrates events,… Continue Reading “The Gathering – Anne Enright”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Irish, Literary fiction, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Over one night, a Pakistani man tells an American stranger about his love affair with a woman and his forced abandonment of America post 911. The resulting chaos of 911, especially for men of his ethnicity, causes Changez to abandon his wish… Continue Reading “The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Immigrant story, Political, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood

Posted on May 15, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The Blind Assassin is a book within a book within a book and opens with the following sentence: ‘Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove her car off a bridge’. It has four interweaving narratives,… Continue Reading “The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood”

Category: Booker Prize, Canadian Author, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, Metafiction, Political, Psychological, Science Fiction, Unreliable NarratorTags: , ,

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