Foley's Asia by Ronan Sheehan
The powerful, suggestive sketches of these Irishmen speak for generations gone. Engagements, atrocities and counter-atrocities are colourfully drawn in a language of heroism that conveys that turbulent, chaotic thing that was Britains empire in Asia.The unlikely world of monumental sculpture opens up an incredibly varied series of tableaux in Foley’s AsiaA meditation on arms, oppression and empire, it offers a unique insight into Irish and Indian colonial experience.’ – Neil Jordan ‘Foley’s Asia suspends itself quite beautifully between contradictory worlds. Like Foley’s sculpture, it is a book which poses provocative questions about art, colonialism, violence, and even the nature of fiction itself. It’s a brave book, agile, evocative and understated. It belongs on the shelf with others of the ‘international bastard’ brigade – W.G. Sebald, Michael Ondaatje and John Berger.’ – Colum McCann
RONAN SHEEHAN, co-founder of the Irish Writer’s Co-Op, is author of The Tennis Players (1977), Boy with an Injured Eye (1983) and The Heart of the City (1988). He won the Rooney Prize for Literature in 1984.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781901866360 |
| ISBN 10 | 190186636X |
| Title | Foley's Asia |
| Author | Ronan Sheehan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The Lilliput Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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