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What The Curlew Said: Nostos Continued
John Moriarty
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Description for What The Curlew Said: Nostos Continued
Hardcover. An autobiography of John Moriarty's life in Connemara during the 1980s and the return to his native Kerry. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This autobiography, a sequel to Nostos, concludes the story of John Moriarty’s life in Connemara during the 1980s and subsequent return to his native Kerry. He writes with compelling detail about his time at Roundstone and environs, restoring gardens at Leitirdyfe House and Lisnabrucka, and building his own house at Toombeola. He reflects on his Kerry childhood and the death of his father; he describes his adopted family, a sortie to Dublin for Christmas, the writer Tim Robinson, and his neighbourhood and community; he celebrates the returned pine martens and the fauna and flora of a historic landscape; he undertakes ... Read more
This autobiography, a sequel to Nostos, concludes the story of John Moriarty’s life in Connemara during the 1980s and subsequent return to his native Kerry. He writes with compelling detail about his time at Roundstone and environs, restoring gardens at Leitirdyfe House and Lisnabrucka, and building his own house at Toombeola. He reflects on his Kerry childhood and the death of his father; he describes his adopted family, a sortie to Dublin for Christmas, the writer Tim Robinson, and his neighbourhood and community; he celebrates the returned pine martens and the fauna and flora of a historic landscape; he undertakes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843511243
SKU
V9781843511243
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About John Moriarty
JOHN MORIARTY was born in Kerry on 2 February 1938 and died there on 1 June 2007. He was educated at St Michael’s College, Listowel, and University College Dublin. He taught English literature at the University of Manitoba in Canada for six years, before returning to Ireland in 1971. His books include Dreamtime (1994); the trilogy Turtle Was Gone a ... Read more
Reviews for What The Curlew Said: Nostos Continued
"'Every household in Ireland should have a copy of this magical book. I am indulging in no idle hyperbole when I say that this autobiography is one of the most remarkable autobiographies I have ever read in my entire life.' - PAUL DURCAN 'In Nostos Moriarty has surpassed all his previous achievements. Because it is in the recording of his ... Read more