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A Runner Among Falling Leaves
Ciaran O’driscoll
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Description for A Runner Among Falling Leaves
Paperback. Examines the author's troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. It deals with the task he has undertaken to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJP; BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
In this memoir of his childhood, O’Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. In A Runner among Falling Leaves, O’Driscoll has written a book that is lyrical, affecting, and at times darkly comical.
In this memoir of his childhood, O’Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. In A Runner among Falling Leaves, O’Driscoll has written a book that is lyrical, affecting, and at times darkly comical.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780853239475
SKU
KEX0280943
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ciaran O’driscoll
Ciaran O'Driscoll is a prize-winning poet, who teaches in the School of Art at the Limerick Institute of Technology.
Reviews for A Runner Among Falling Leaves
.. at the heart of the book is a deeply affecting, traumatic relationship between father and son. His writing is terrifying and like no other memoir I have read. Thomas Kilroy At a time when we are in danger of losing ourselves in the forever "new" Ireland of today, this brave, honest book should not be missed. Gerald Dawe, Irish ... Read more