Anne Enright

David Gilmour reads from The Perfect Order of Things.; Kevin Chong discusses Beauty Plus Pity.; Anne Enright discusses The Forgotten Waltz.

Three exceptional storytellers explore the joys and the cruelty of “true love” and the journeys we must take to find our place in the world. The Perfect Order of Things by David Gilmour, the winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction for A Perfect Night to Go to China , breaks new fictional ground as the narrator of his previous novels writes his own fictional autobiography in a dazzling cavalcade of stories that punctuate a life passionately lived and loved. Beauty Plus Pity the second novel by Kevin Chong, author of the music memoir Neil Young Nation , is a tragicomic modern immigrant’s tale about a young man who’s forced to reckon with the past as he works through his lifelong ambivalence toward his hyphenated cultural identity, and between two parents holding intolerable secrets. The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright, winner of the Booker Prize for her previous book, The Gathering , is a memory of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing, that reads with breathtaking immediacy. A woman recalls the trail of lust and happenstance that changed her life forever. Tickets: $15 ($10 reduced). Free for members. (thebookpile)… (more)

Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.; Anne Enright, The Gathering.; Andrew O'Hagan, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe.

Three of our most innovative, distinctive and versatile writers talk about blending fact and fiction in their work and breaking literary taboos. Geoff Dyer's latest book, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, is an artful novel-cum-memoir; Anne Enright won the Booker Prize for The Gathering - a family saga of daring, wit and insight; Andrew O'Hagan's hot-off-the-press The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe starts at Charleston, segues to LA and brings to life Hollywood's golden era and most famous star. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)

Chicago Public Library discusses The Gathering.

Please join us for our monthly book discussion. This month's title is The Gathering: a Novel by Anne Enright. This story is a tale of love and rage in a large Irish family haunted by the death of an older sibling and won the Man Booker Prize in 2007 . This timely discussion will take place just in time for St. Patrick's Day! (bookjones)… (more)

Anne Enright , Yesterday's Weather: Stories.

Author: Anne Enright, the
winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize for The Gathering, presents a series of
deeply moving glimpses into a rapidly changing Ireland; a land of family and
tradition, but also, increasingly, of organic radicchio, cruise-ship vacations,
and casual betrayals.
Title: Yesterday's Weather, $24.00 Hardcover, ISBN
9780802118745, On Sale Date: September 01, 2008
What: Anne Enright
will join us for a Book Club Evening and talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer audience questions and
she will autograph copies of her new book, Yesterday's Weather, purchased from
Rainy Day Books,
on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.
When: Tuesday, October 07, 2008, 7:00 PM
Where: Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W
53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205
Admission Package (Click on the ADD
TO SHOPPING CART button): $24.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1)
Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of
Yesterday's Weather (Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author
Presentation. Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped
Ticket and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) in the Notes field of your Online
Order. If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify
At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order. Ticketed Seating is
Limited to 40 so purchase your Admission Packages early. All 40 Ticketed Seats
will be filled by 7:00 PM, and Stand-By Seating will be possible only if there
are any Vacancies. Thank you. Book Orders can be shipped worldwide. All
Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable. (booksense)… (more)