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Niall Williams

Niall Williams

Irishb. January 1, 1958Literary Fiction

Irish novelist whose This Is Happiness is a lyrical, beloved novel of rural Irish life and the coming of electricity. Four Letters of Love became a massive global phenomenon. He is one of Ireland's most beloved and distinctive literary voices.

Works

  • Four Letters of LoveLove story of two people separated by class whose letters span a lifetime→
  • As It Is in HeavenWoman's spiritual journey unfolds in parallel stories across multiple generations→
  • The Fall of LightMystery of a child murdered in seventeenth century gradually revealed→
  • JohnMedieval saint's life of radical renunciation and visionary experience→
  • This Is HappinessIrish couple discovers an old manuscript that transforms their understanding of happiness and memory→

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