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Anne Enright

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

October 11, 1962

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Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published three volumes of stories, one book of nonfiction, and five novels. In 2015, she was named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her novel The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize, and The Forgotten Waltz won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

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‘It is nice to be adored, until it isn’t’: Anne Enright on the problem with unrequited love

The famous poets who wandered Dublin when Anne Enright was growing up were often inspired by beautiful young muses. But their obsessive love looks less romantic now, writes the novelist

My father, who grew up in the Irish countryside, rarely said a bad word about anyone; gossip irritated him and though he sometimes listened, he always dismissed it after as being “made up”. The most withering insult

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Average rating: 3.29 · 54,150 ratings · 7,797 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gathering 3.11 avg rating — 22,966 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Road 3.50 avg rating — 14,674 ratings — published 2015 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Actress 3.44 avg rating — 5,903 ratings — published 2020 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forgotten Waltz 3.18 avg rating — 5,979 ratings — published 2011 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Babies: Stumbling Into Motherhood 3.54 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday's Weather 3.40 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What are You Like? 3.30 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2000 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Pictures 3.53 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story 3.90 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch 2.96 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“People do not change, they are merely revealed.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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“I have no place left to live but in my own heart.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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“We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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July is literary/general fiction. This list of books is pulled from Booker Prize eligible, nominees for the Longlist, Shortlist or winners. Voting will be open through June 10.

The Last Runaway

Tracy Chevalier

3 votes, 50.0%

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

2 votes, 33.3%

The Black Prince

Iris Murdoch

1 vote, 16.7%

The Gathering

Anne Enright

0 votes, 0.0%

Chatterton

Peter Ackroyd

0 votes, 0.0%

6 total votes

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