Blooming Dublin by Anne Simpson
Dublin is the city of Joyce and verbal swagger. Since the 1970s Dublin has experienced more than its fair share of excitement: a Papal visit; a period of unaccustomed stability following a damaging inflationary dash for growth; the celebration of the city's millennium; a woman elected Ireland's President for the first time in history; and in 1991 Dublin is the European City of Culture. This book examines the tensions and contradictions involved in an old, isolated culture as it surges towards a modern identity. Will the young Dubliners' quest for a pluralist and internationally aware society be crushed by what the poet Paul Durcan calls "the forces of darkness"? This book examines this and other questions in the context of the city's development.
Simpson, Anne: - Anne Simpson is an eighty-year-old woman who has raised a blended family and has been a farmer, teacher, caregiver, and poet. Her work is published in several anthologies, including Bound Together Like the Grasses, which was written with her writing group and won the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for poetry in 2013.She has a lay diploma from United Theological Seminary. Anne's husband, Bob, was a United Church of Christ minister, and when he became afflicted with Alzheimer's they wrote a book about their long journey. Later, she adapted it as a church curriculum: Through the Wilderness of Alzheimer's: A Guide in Two Voices. Anne now lives in St Paul near her family and close to old friends.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781851583249 |
| ISBN 10 | 1851583246 |
| Title | Blooming Dublin |
| Author | Anne Simpson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 1991-09-18 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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