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About Deirdre Madden
See more books from this AuthorAlmost poetic in its control and well-chosen details, this novel finds the universal and the unique in a deceptively unassuming look at one family.
Read Full Review of Time Present and Time Past | See more reviews from KirkusMadden’s thoughtful, beautifully written novel is a reminder that we’d do best to acknowledge the fact that everything is always changing, and to savor what we can of those passing moments Eliot called the “still point of the turning world.”
Read Full Review of Time Present and Time Past | See more reviews from NY TimesTime Present and Time Past moves between Fintan, his wife, sister, mother and aunt, showing that for each of them – and by extension, for each of us – the past is as pressing and real as the present.
Read Full Review of Time Present and Time Past | See more reviews from GuardianMadden's clear, precise prose allows us to share Fintan's heightened, near-supernatural awareness...
Read Full Review of Time Present and Time Past | See more reviews from GuardianThis is a subtle, deeply thoughtful novel, its tone so clear that the writing plays over character and action like water over stones.
Read Full Review of Time Present and Time Past | See more reviews from GuardianSome readers may be put off by the lack of incident; others will relish the novel’s slow, digressive rhythm. I found it exquisitely done.
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