This Road Of Mine by Seosamh Mac Grianna
Seosamh Mac Grianna pens his reaction to an anglicised, post-revolution Ireland. Translated here for the first time.
'A forgotten classic.. a paean to a lost world. Stark and beautiful, the book explores the dissonance between one culture and another, one language and another, one form of survival and another. A visionary work, This Road of Mine poses questions about the nature of reality in this, the supposed post-truth era, an era where the very nature of truth itself is a source of anxiety and debate. What appears, on the surface, as a simple "road-trip" is really one man's journey into his inner soul and his generous humanity.' - COLUM MCCANN
Seosamh Mac Grianna (1900-90) was the most high-profile modern writer in Ulster Irish and possibly the greatest Gaeltacht writer of his day. He was born into a family of poets and storytellers in Donegal at a time of linguistic and cultural change. He trained as a teacher and was involved in the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War. His work developed considerably before he was struck by a severe depressive psychosis in 1935. In 2016, BBC Two Northern Ireland broadcast the documentary Ar Mo Bhealach Fein (This Road of Mine) in which Sean Mac Labhrai retraced Mac Grianna's steps of his 300-mile journey through Wales. Micheal O hAodha was born in Galway and grew up between the west of Ireland and the north of England. He is an Irish-language poet and a translator and a part-time lecturer at the University of Limerick. Two of his most recent books include Sean O Riordain: Life and Work (Mercier, 2018) and a volume of poetry entitled Leabhar na nAistear II (The Book of Journeys II) (Coisceim, 2019).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781843517894 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843517892 |
| Title | This Road Of Mine |
| Author | Micheal O Haodha |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Lilliput Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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