Famous Irish Writers

Author : Martin Wallace
Publisher : Appletree Press (IE)
ISBN 13 : 9780862817589
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Famous Irish Writers written by Martin Wallace and published by Appletree Press (IE). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the lives and works of more than 80 Irish writers—including playwrights, novelists, short story writers, poets, essayists, historians, humorists, and philosophers—this book examines Irish writing within the context of each writer’s life and times, while many curious details, such as the secret scribblings of an Irish rector, are revealed. Among those exposed are the author who turned to writing when he ran a sword through a fellow actor; the writer who stole a priest’s name; and the master of words who became “The Invisible Prince.” With wit and style, this book presents the essential biographical details of an diverse range of literary genius, from Jonathan Swift and Oscar Wilde, to Flann O'Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, and Seamus Heaney.

Author : Edna O'Brien
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lantern Slides written by Edna O'Brien and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories dealing with happiness, death and dreams.

Author : Evan Bates
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048612147X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Irish Short Stories written by Evan Bates and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 13 captivating tales, from the early Irish prose fiction of Maria Edgeworth and William Carleton to the 20th-century works of William Butler Yeats, James Stephens, James Joyce, Seumas O'Kelly, and Liam O'Flaherty.

Author : William Trevor
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199583140
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories written by William Trevor and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation.

Author : Matthew Maguire
Publisher : Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
ISBN 13 : 9781841597867
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Poems written by Matthew Maguire and published by Everyman's Library POCKET POETS. This book was released on 2011 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its roots in the devotional verse of the early Christian church and the long lyric poems of the Irish bards, Irish poetry has a rich and robust tradition both of engagement and self-reflection. It has grappled long with politics and has provided the most eloquent response to Ireland's turbulent history, mediating and mitigating histories of loyalty and loss; it has soaked itself in the Irish landscape and Celtic myth; it has encompassed religion, so much a part of Ireland's cultural heritage. At the same time Irish poets have given their own original slant to everyday experience and affairs of the heart.Thematically organized and spanning many centuries, this selection also features a section of Gaelic poetry in translation, notably excerpts from the 18th-century epic masterpiece, Brian Merriman's The Midnight Court.

Author : Tana French
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735224668
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Searcher written by Tana French and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Book of 2020 New York Times |NPR | New York Post "This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "A new Tana French is always cause for celebration . . . Read it once for the plot; read it again for the beauty and subtlety of French's writing." --Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets. "One of the greatest crime novelists writing today" (Vox) weaves a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense, asking how to tell right from wrong in a world where neither is simple, and what we stake on that decision.

Author : James Joyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing James Joyce written by James Joyce and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Tillinghast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Ireland written by Richard Tillinghast and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Tillinghast writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dubliners written by James Joyce and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2014-05-25T00:00:00Z with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubliners is a collection of picturesque short stories that paint a portrait of life in middle-class Dublin in the early 20th century. Joyce, a Dublin native, was careful to use actual locations and settings in the city, as well as language and slang in use at the time, to make the stories directly relatable to those who lived there. The collection had a rocky publication history, with the stories being initially rejected over eighteen times before being provisionally accepted by a publisher—then later rejected again, multiple times. It took Joyce nine years to finally see his stories in print, but not before seeing a printer burn all but one copy of the proofs. Today Dubliners survives as a rich example of not just literary excellence, but of what everyday life was like for average Dubliners in their day. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Author : Brendan Behan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409043746
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions Of An Irish Rebel written by Brendan Behan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. 'Are you Irish?' he asked me. 'No' I said 'as a matter of fact, I'm Yemenite Arab.' Two detectives came forward who were evidently there to meet me. 'Apparently he is Brendan Behan,' they said. The immigration officer shook my hand and his hard face softened. 'Cead mile failte romhat abhaile.' (A hundred thousand welcomes home to you.) I could not answer. There are no words and it would be impertinence to try. I walked down the gangway. I was free. First published after Brendan Behan's tragic death, Confessions of an Irish Rebel picks up where Borstal Boy left off. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.