The Stolen Child
| Year of Publication |
2006
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
319 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Keith Donohue |
| Publisher |
Nan A. Talese
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
Inspired by William Butler Yeats’ 1889 poem of the same name, it opens in 1949 when Henry Day, 7, is snatched by hobgoblins or changelings. He’s replaced by a double who is also a musical prodigy. Henry is a pianist, marries, and stays in the city teaching music in a middle school.
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| Notes |
Heinz Hall is referred to as Loew’s Penn Theater, as it was then known.
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| Author Biography |
Keith Donohue (1960— ), born in Pittsburgh, earned a BA and MA at Duquesne University and a PhD with a focus on Irish literature at the Catholic University of America. He works in Washington, DC, as communications director for the U.S. National Archives's grant-making division, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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| Time |
1949-79
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