Irish Ghost Stories - Couverture souple

O'Farrell, Padraic

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0717136337 ISBN 13 : 9780717136339

Editeur : Gill Books, 2004

Synopsis

In Irish Ghost Stories, Padraic O'Farrell has included both well-known stories and some lesser-known tales, most of them previously unpublished. The Ghost Story holds a special place in Ireland. It provided the raw material for evenings of storytelling that were a common feature of country life up to the 1950s (and frequently beyond). Unexplained psychic phenomena fascinate people from all walks of life. Many are afraid, ashamed and embarrassed to come forward for fear of not being taken seriously. Of course, we can't prove that ghosts exist - we are in a different realm of consciousness when we talk about ghosts. But however strange or unusual the feelings that people exerience, the experiences themselves are none the less real.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The late Padraic O Farrell was one of Ireland s most prolific popular authors. Born in County Kildare in 1932, he went on to become a senior army officer based in Mullingar. He was the author of forty books, including a number on Irish proverbs and sayings: Gems of Irish Wisdom, Irish Rogues, Rascals and Scoundrels and How the Irish Speak English. Other books are The Burning of Brinsley MacNamara, The Blacksmith of Ballinalee, Who s Who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War 1916 23, and a Michael Collins novel, Rebel Heart. He also scripted two historical plays and a musical based on the Great War and wrote features and theatre reviews for various publications, among them The Irish Times and Theatre Ireland. He died in 2003.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gill Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0717136337
• ISBN 13: 9780717136339
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible