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Brian Moore

IrishAugust 25, 1921 – January 11, 1999Irish Fiction

Moore was a Belfast-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Canada and the United States, producing a body of fiction of great intelligence and formal range. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is his masterpiece.

Works

  • The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneNovel of lonely middle-aged woman finding meaning through unrequited love and faith→
  • The Luck of Ginger CoffeyComic novel of Irish immigrant struggling with family and employment in Montreal→
  • I Am Mary DunneNovel exploring identity and past as woman reassesses her life and marriage→
  • CatholicsNovella depicting Vatican changes and religious communities facing modernization pressures→
  • The Doctor's WifeNovel about woman caught between husband's ambition and her own emotional needs→

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