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The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story about the Hard Life
Flann O'brien
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Description for The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story about the Hard Life
Paperback. First published in Gaelic in 1941 under the title "An Beal Bocht", this book was translated into English in 1973. A parody of the Gaelic peasant writings of the Irish revival, the book features Bonaparte O'Coonassa - who tells the story of his life. By the author of "The Dalkey Archive". Illustrator(s): Steadman, Ralph. Translator(s): Power, P.C. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
The classic satire from the renowned comic and acclaimed author of `At Swim-Two-Birds' - Flann O'Brien. Flann O'Brien's gloriously wicked satire of the traditional Irish peasant novel, The Poor Mouth tells the shamelessly ironic story of Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in the West of Ireland `on a terrible winter's night'. A hymn to the world of potatoes, rain and `excellent poverty', this cruelly funny assault on the fashionable Gaelic Revival of ... Read more
The classic satire from the renowned comic and acclaimed author of `At Swim-Two-Birds' - Flann O'Brien. Flann O'Brien's gloriously wicked satire of the traditional Irish peasant novel, The Poor Mouth tells the shamelessly ironic story of Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in the West of Ireland `on a terrible winter's night'. A hymn to the world of potatoes, rain and `excellent poverty', this cruelly funny assault on the fashionable Gaelic Revival of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780586087480
SKU
V9780586087480
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99-99
About Flann O'brien
Flann O'Brien was one of the many pseudonyms of Brian O'Nolan, author of the classic novel `At Swim- Two-Birds' and, under the name Myles na Gopaleen, writer of a celebrated satirical column in the Irish Times which appeared daily for almost thirty years. Highly praised by Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, amongst others, O'Brien is regarded as one of ... Read more
Reviews for The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story about the Hard Life
`A wonderful romp amongst the unspeakable stereotypes of Irishry' The Times `A Gaelic novel, all footnotes and authenticity, The Poor Mouth is O'Brien's practical joke. Hugely and unfairly funny' Observer ... Read more