John McGahern - I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. Th...

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I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer.

John McGahern

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich gehöre zu der von der katholischen Kirche stark beeinflussten Mittelschicht. Die Leute des Romans stammen aus einer heidnischeren und praktischeren Welt, in der das Christentum nur ein Furnier ist.

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