Call Mother A Lonely field - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0955126452 ISBN 13 : 9780955126451

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Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2013

Call Mother a Lonely Field mines the emotional archaeology of family, home and language, the author s attempts to break their tethers, and the refuge he finds within them. Carson confronts the complex relationship between a son thinking in English, a father dreaming in Irish in a room just off the reality I knew , and a mother who, after raising five children through Irish, is no longer comfortable speaking it in the violent reality of 1970s Belfast.

The author s Irish-speaking, West Belfast childhood is described through still-present echoes of the Second World War, dystopian science fiction, American comic books and punk rock. At the same time he explores how Irish language, literature and stories are transmitted from mouth to mouth. After years in London and Dublin, the deaths of his parents bring Liam Carson a new sense of community and understanding as he heals his fractured relationship with Irish. His rediscovery of the language as a sanctuary is central to a book exploring the potency of vanishing worlds, be they childhood, a city or a way of life.

Revue de presse

"A family memoir, written with a son s love of his parents and filled with the gentle particulars of life in Northern Ireland when all one saw from the outside were violent generalities. This poignant and poetic evocation of a Belfast childhood and coming of age combines the telling details of everyday life in a rapidly changing city with a deep sense of the continuity of the Irish language."
-The Ondaatje Prize Judges

"A tender, contemplative memoir..." The Sunday Telegraph

"The touching description of his dying mother and then the loss of his father will draw a tear from the most hardened of readers." We Love This Book

"...Carson's rediscovery of the Irish language following the death of his parents is truly moving." --The Irish World

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955126452
• ISBN 13: 9780955126451
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible