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An Chéad Chloch
Padraic O Conaier
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Description for An Chéad Chloch
Paperback. Eight short stories (in Irish) which deal with themes of tragic love, jealousy, betrayal and displacement. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
These eight stories, written for An Claideamh Soluis and published in book form in 1914 are among the most remarkable of the whole Gaelic Revival. They deal with Ó Conaire's recurring themes of tragic love, jealousy, betrayal and displacement but their settings are fat from the author's native Connacht.Four stories give imaginative interpretations of incidents from the New Testament. The title story 'An Chéad Chloch' ('The first stone') gives the imaginative background to the New Testament story of the woman taken in adultery and how her executioners were forced to leave when Jesus wrote on the ground: 'Let him who ... Read more
These eight stories, written for An Claideamh Soluis and published in book form in 1914 are among the most remarkable of the whole Gaelic Revival. They deal with Ó Conaire's recurring themes of tragic love, jealousy, betrayal and displacement but their settings are fat from the author's native Connacht.Four stories give imaginative interpretations of incidents from the New Testament. The title story 'An Chéad Chloch' ('The first stone') gives the imaginative background to the New Testament story of the woman taken in adultery and how her executioners were forced to leave when Jesus wrote on the ground: 'Let him who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MERCIER PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
107
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856352833
SKU
V9781856352833
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Ref
99-6
About Padraic O Conaier
Pádraic Ó Conaire was born in Galway City in 1882 and reared in Rosmuc in the Connemara Gaeltacht. After leaving school he went to work as a civil servant in the Ministry of Education in London. There he met Irish-language activists (he was a friend of Robert Lynd, Michael Collins and the historian P. S. O’Hegarty) and became a teacher ... Read more
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