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Island Cross-Talk
Tomas O´crohan
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Description for Island Cross-Talk
Paperback. Written between 1919 and 1923, this book was the first about the Blasket Islands - a tiny, remote community off the west coast of Kerry. The author writes of island life in unadorned sketches from his diary. Other Blasket titles include "The Islandman" and "A Day in Our Life". Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 226 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Written between 1919 and 1925, 'Island Cross-Talk' was the first book to come out of the Blasket Islands - that tiny, remote community off the west coast of Kerry. Springing from a powerful oral tradition, it captured the moment of transition from speech to writing, and sowed the seeds of a rich and extraordinary flowering of literature that was to make the Blaskets famous throughout the world. In these vivid, unadorned sketches from his diary, Tomas O'Crohan writes from the immediacy of his experience: the beauty and the dangers of the island and the sea; the hardship, poverty, ... Read more
Written between 1919 and 1925, 'Island Cross-Talk' was the first book to come out of the Blasket Islands - that tiny, remote community off the west coast of Kerry. Springing from a powerful oral tradition, it captured the moment of transition from speech to writing, and sowed the seeds of a rich and extraordinary flowering of literature that was to make the Blaskets famous throughout the world. In these vivid, unadorned sketches from his diary, Tomas O'Crohan writes from the immediacy of his experience: the beauty and the dangers of the island and the sea; the hardship, poverty, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192819093
SKU
V9780192819093
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-6
Reviews for Island Cross-Talk
Part of a unique and remarkable Irish literary archive ... compelling.
Neil Johnston, Belfast Telegraph, 24/6/00
Neil Johnston, Belfast Telegraph, 24/6/00