![]() ![]() ![]() The story centres on Veronica’s attempt to uncover the truth of both her and Liam’s traumatic experience by delving into past events and supposing to write down her findings. ![]() This event is of course the molestation of Liam by her grandmother’s Landlord, Lamb Nugent, an event witnessed by Veronica herself. Although, this aspect of the story is not revealed immediately, Veronica makes her intentions clear at the beginning of the novel, “I need to bear witness to an uncertain event” (Enright 1). Whilst giving a testimony of why Veronica believes her brother killed himself, the reader is led to believe that Liam and to some extent Veronica herself are victims of sexual abuse. The Gathering is narrated in the first person by a woman named Veronica Hegarty, whose family has gathered in Dublin for the funeral of their brother Liam, an alcoholic, who committed suicide in England. ![]() I will outline reasons as to why fictional writing becomes an effective method of narrative, as opposed to non-fictional writing, when depicting painful past experiences. In light of her recent achievement I have decided to write a blog pertaining to her Booker Prize novel The Gathering. At the end of January Anne Enright was named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. ![]()
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