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Irish History of Civilization: Volume One - Couverture rigide

Akenson, Don

 
9781862078048: Irish History of Civilization: Volume One
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1862078041 ISBN 13 : 9781862078048
Editeur : Granta Books, 2005

Synopsis

St Patrick catching sight of Ireland for the first time as he is taken there as a prisoner...Joyce and Yeats eating sticky buns in a Dublin cafe...There has never before been an Irish history book remotely like this one, composed as a vast mosaic of incidents, encounters and vignettes. It is not so much a 'history of Irish civilization' as an 'Irish history of civilization'. In telling a wide range of stories about the Irish everywhere this historical-fictional account of the Irish peoples around the globe from the time of Christ to 1969 opens up the really big issues - the relationship between the minute particulars and the larger patterns which gradually become apparent. The stories themselves are by turns funny, acerbic, ironic, score-settling - never quite what they seem at face value. They are also deeply informed by the author's vast knowledge of Ireland, its history and its diaspora. For once the hyperbole is true - after this book, Irish history will never be the same again.

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À propos de l'auteur

Don Akenson is an internationally acclaimed scholar and author who is considered the world's foremost authority on the Irish Diaspora. He has written many books, including Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds and a biography of Conor Cruse O'Brien.

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Éditeur
Granta Books
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1862078041
ISBN 13 
9781862078048
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
840
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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