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Twenty Years A-Growing
Maurice O´sullivanan
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Description for Twenty Years A-Growing
Paperback. O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. "The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation."-Sean O'Faolain, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
O’Sullivan’s memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. “The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation.”—Sean O’Fáoláin, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster.
O’Sullivan’s memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. “The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation.”—Sean O’Fáoláin, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Nashville, United States
ISBN
9781879941397
SKU
V9781879941397
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About Maurice O´sullivanan
Maurice O’Sullivan was born in 1904 and joined the Civic Guard of the nascent Irish Republic as a young man, but found that law enforcement was not to his liking. While posted in Connemara he wrote a novel, Twenty Years A-Growing, for the entertainment was friends. He drowned tragically in 1950, leaving behind a widow and two children.
Reviews for Twenty Years A-Growing
O'Sullivan here tells the story of his growing up in Great Blasket, a sparse island off Ireland's Atlantic coast with a Gaelic-speaking population. Along with an introduction by E.M. Forster from the original 1933 printing, this edition contains new photos and illustrations by the author.
Library Journal
It is a summer island of romantic beauty that he shows ... Read more
Library Journal
It is a summer island of romantic beauty that he shows ... Read more