Memoir: My Life and Themes by Conor Cruise O'brien
Known as a diplomat, government minister, historian, biographer, anti-war activist, playwright, editor, political theorist and university president, Conor Cruise O'Brien has brought his unique perspective to such thorny issues as Irish nationalism, Zionism, post-colonial Africa and India and terrorism. In this searching memoir O' Brien traces the forces that have shaped the past eighty years of his own life with clarity, power, passion and tender wit.
One of the best essayists of our time* Observer *
He has been very good for Ireland...he has done the nation, or the two nations, much service. And in time they will come to know it. -- John A. Murphy, Emeritus Professor of Irish History, Unvieristy College Cork
A man who so persistently asks the right questions * The Economist *
He has been very good for Ireland...he has done the nation, or the two nations, much service. And in time they will come to know it. -- John A. Murphy, Emeritus Professor of Irish History, Unvieristy College Cork
A man who so persistently asks the right questions * The Economist *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780815410645 |
| ISBN 10 | 0815410646 |
| Title | Memoir: My Life and Themes |
| Author | Conor Cruise O'brien |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2000-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 488 |
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