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Reading in the Dark
Seamus Deane
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Description for Reading in the Dark
Paperback.
This is the story of a haunted Irish childhood.
The setting is Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s, fraught with political hatred, family secrets and lethal intrigue. As a young boy tries to make sense of life, poverty and violence shift and obscure the facts; meanwhile his night-time reading of Irish legends weaves enchantment through reality. Claustrophobic but lyrically charged, breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, this is one of the finest books about growing up – in Ireland or anywhere – that has ever been written.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784875534
SKU
9781784875534
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Seamus Deane
Seamus Deane was born in Derry in 1940. He has published a number of works of criticism and poetry and is the general editor of the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. He is currently teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
Reviews for Reading in the Dark
Reading In The Dark is a swift, masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Isaac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written this sudden, brilliant book.
Seamus Heaney
Marvellous...almost impossible to put down
Blake Morrison
Independent on Sunday
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Seamus Heaney
Marvellous...almost impossible to put down
Blake Morrison
Independent on Sunday
Go into your nearest bookshop ... Read more