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Island life was, in both mind and body, more stark and dramatic then than now; it stood closer to the candle- and horse-powered nineteenth century than to the digitized twenty-first. McNeillie fished and trapped for his food – his accounts of his methods are among the most dazzling passages in the book – and writes with great love, but without a trace of romanticism, about the natural world of Aran. With extraordinary sensitivity and subtlety, he recounts the awkward, sometimes fraught, but ultimately enriching interactions between the green outsider he was and the people of Inishmore, and the islanders’ tragic internal struggles. An Aran Keening commemorates both the immortality of youth, in all its courage, folly and quick tenderness of heart, and the passing of a world. It is a singular addition to the literature of Aran and, in this age of two-a-penny memoirs, one of the finest works in that genre to come out of these islands in recent decades.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49529613779217,"sku":"GOR006293367","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49602151350545,"sku":"GOR002235484","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1901866637.jpg?v=1751155918"},{"product_id":"archipelago-book-andrew-mcnellie-9781843517825","title":"Archipelago Anthology","description":"Archipelago is one of the most important and influential literary magazines of the last  twenty years. Running to twelve editions, it was edited by Andrew McNeillie, with the  assistance later of James McDonald Lockhart, and began as an attempt to reimagine the  relationships between the islands of Ireland and Britain. Archipelago has brought together  established and emerging artists in creative conversations that have transformed the study  of islands, coasts and waterways. It journeys from the Shetlands to Cornwall, from the  Aran Islands to the coast of Yorkshire, tracing the cultures of diverse zones through some  of the best in contemporary writing about place and people.    This collection gathers poetry, prose and visual art in clusters grouped around the Irish  and British archipelago, with contributions from an array of significant artists. 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