Staring at Lakes is about the essence of love and marriage, about growing old and sitting in cars and staring at lakes.
Michael Harding has worked in theatre as an actor, director and writer. Most widely known as the author of such plays as Strawboys, Una Pooka, Misogynist, Hubert Murray's Widow, Sour Grapes, and Amazing Grace, all produced by the Abbey Theatre, and more than a dozen other plays for leading Irish Companies, including The Kiss, Talking Through his Hat, and Swallow. He has directed for The Abbey Theatre, The Project Arts Centre, and Red Kettle, and has worked as a performer with many distinguished theatre companies such as Siamsa Tire, Blue Raincoat, The Abbey Theatre and Gare St. Lazare.He was Writer in Association with The National Theatre in 1993, and Writer Fellow at Trinity College in 2001, and has received numerous awards for his theatre work, including The Stewart Parker Award, The Bank of Ireland RTE Award, and Best Male Performer at Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival.His most recent work, The Tinker's Curse, toured Ireland in 2011.He is the author of three novels: Priest, The Trouble with Sarah Gullion and Bird in the Snow.
'Hilarious, and tender, and mad, and harrowing, and wistful, and
always beautifully written. A wonderful book'--Kevin Barry, author
of City of Bohane
'It's rare for a memoir to demand such intense emotional
involvement, and rarer still for it to be so fully
rewarded.'--Sunday Times
'This frank and unflinching memoir offers a fascinating insight
into the mind of the author of two of the finest Irish novels of
the eighties'--Pat McCabe, author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast
on Pluto
'This memoir grabs you from the outset and holds you right to the
end. Harding traverses the human soul and excavates its deepest
secrets. His language sings. Extraordinary'--Deirdre Purcell,
author of Pearl and Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes
Difficult to put down--Irish Times
Engaging--Irish Examiner
I read this book in one sitting ... it held me and wouldn't let
go--Irish Independent
Written in lyrical prose, it provides a compelling insight into the
turbulent emotions that rage behind so many of the bland faces we
meet in everyday life'--Sunday Business Post
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