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Past Habitual: Stories (Irish Literature Series)
Alf Maclochlainn
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Description for Past Habitual: Stories (Irish Literature Series)
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Childhood play, scarlet fever, a first kiss, befriending a Nazi spy--the narrative of "Past Habitual" roams through experiences both commonplace and formative, all under the uneasy canopy of wartime Ireland. Moving with ease between the voices of a young child, a German immigrant, an I.R.A member, and colloquial chatter, MacLochlainn forms a web of interactions that expose a century's tensions. A combination of traditional prose, poetry, monologue, and music, "Past Habitual" is an engaging and fascinating depiction of an Ireland struggling through the effects of war--both distant and on her doorstep.
Childhood play, scarlet fever, a first kiss, befriending a Nazi spy--the narrative of "Past Habitual" roams through experiences both commonplace and formative, all under the uneasy canopy of wartime Ireland. Moving with ease between the voices of a young child, a German immigrant, an I.R.A member, and colloquial chatter, MacLochlainn forms a web of interactions that expose a century's tensions. A combination of traditional prose, poetry, monologue, and music, "Past Habitual" is an engaging and fascinating depiction of an Ireland struggling through the effects of war--both distant and on her doorstep.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
95
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564781093
SKU
V9781564781093
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99-15
About Alf Maclochlainn
Alf MacLochlainn was born in Dublin in 1926, and studied at the University College before becoming director of the National Library of Ireland in 1949, where he helped compile the manuscript sources for the History of Irish Civilization. He is the author of Out of Focus and The Corpus of the Library: Stories and Novellas. He has served as chairman ... Read more
Reviews for Past Habitual: Stories (Irish Literature Series)
MacLochlainn shows that he has not only nabbed much of the technique used by [Flann] O'Brien, but understood him thematically and, in the process, one-upped the master.
The Recorder Alf MacLochlainn writes a very fine prose... The finest style I have encountered in any Irish writer in recent years.
John Kelly
The Recorder Alf MacLochlainn writes a very fine prose... The finest style I have encountered in any Irish writer in recent years.
John Kelly