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Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)

Auteur de Le Troisième policier

49+ oeuvres 11,834 utilisateurs 240 critiques 119 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Writer Brian O'Nolan was born on October 5, 1911. He graduated from University College, Dublin. This gifted Irish writer had three identities: Brian O'Nolan, an Irish civil servant and administrator; Myles Copaleen, columnist for the Irish Times, poet and author of An Beal Bocht (The Poor Mouth: A afficher plus Bad Story about the Hard Life, 1941), a satire in Gaelic on the Gaelic revival; and Flann O'Brien, playwright and avant-garde comic novelist. His masterpiece, At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), went almost unrecognized in its time. This novel, which plays havoc with the conventional novel form, is about a man writing a book about characters in turn writing about him. O'Brien starts off with three separate openings. The Third Policeman (1967), funny but grim, plunges into the world of the dead, though one is not immediately aware that the protagonist is no longer living. He died on April 1, 1966. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Flann O'Brien

Le Troisième policier (1967) 4,173 exemplaires
Swim-Two-Birds (1939) 3,222 exemplaires
The Poor Mouth (1973) 953 exemplaires
L'Archiviste de Dublin (1964) 839 exemplaires
The best of Myles (1968) 738 exemplaires
Une vie de chien (1961) 548 exemplaires
Stories and Plays (1973) 117 exemplaires
At War (Lannan Selection) (1999) 111 exemplaires
Myles Away from Dublin (1600) 72 exemplaires
Myles Before Myles (1988) 62 exemplaires
Flann O'Brien Reader (1978) 20 exemplaires
Das große Flann OBrien Buch (1996) 19 exemplaires
Cruiskeen Lawn (2005) 11 exemplaires
La saga del sagú de Slattery (2013) 7 exemplaires
Romans & chroniques dublinoises (2015) 5 exemplaires
Faustus Kelly : Suivi de La Soif (2011) 5 exemplaires
O Terceiro Polícia 2 exemplaires
Durst und andere Dinge. (2002) 2 exemplaires
FA170 (1391) 1 exemplaire
Fakirlik Edebiyati (2022) 1 exemplaire
The Best of Myles 1 exemplaire
Myles Before Myles 1 exemplaire
Aucun titre 1 exemplaire
John Duffy's Brother 1 exemplaire
Irlanda 1 exemplaire
The Third Policeman 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associés

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributeur — 490 exemplaires
The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Contributeur — 287 exemplaires
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) — Contributeur — 150 exemplaires
Great Irish Detective Stories (1993) — Contributeur — 88 exemplaires
Extreme Fiction: Fabulists and Formalists (2003) — Contributeur — 51 exemplaires
The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing (1996) — Auteur, quelques éditions; Auteur, quelques éditions25 exemplaires
The Wrong Turning: Encounters with Ghosts (2021) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Antaeus No. 21/22, Spring/Summer 1976 - Special Essay Issue (1976) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Brother [VHS] — Based on work — 1 exemplaire

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"The Best of Myles" by Flann O'Brien à One Book One Thread (Février 2020)

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Un livre de digressions (avec une trame)
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Œuvres
49
Aussi par
11
Membres
11,834
Popularité
#1,986
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
240
ISBN
278
Langues
21
Favoris
119

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