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Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Iris
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"Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and the locality. The idea was that the whole world would grow out from that small space"

- John McGahern

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The quote is discussing just how the writer's previous job, "Amongst Women," concentrated on the family unit, while the brand-new publication centers around a little neighborhood. The Irish society's foundation is the family members and also the prompt region, and the author wanted to depict just how the entire world could increase from that close-knit area. This likely methods that the writer wants to showcase exactly how the connections and characteristics within these small neighborhoods can form a person's worldview and affect their interactions with the wider globe.

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Ireland Flag This quote is written / told by John McGahern between November 12, 1934 and March 30, 2006. He/she was a famous Writer from Ireland. The author also have 24 other quotes.

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