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Description for Beyond Consolation
paperback. Deals with the process by which the hope of a society was sabotaged and plundered in the name of a mis-defined freedom and a utopia of the now. This book explores a language to excavate the journey of Irish society from what appeared to be profound in its traditional faith to a moment of what may have been taken as a moment of nihilistic clarity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Waters explores the process by which the hope of a society was sabotaged and plundered in the name of a mis-defined freedom and a utopia of the now. In the late spring of 2008 the acclaimed Irish writer Nuala O' Faolain went on a national Irish radio program to tell the Irish people that she was dying of cancer. She was frightened of death and of the short time left to her. She went right to the heart of the modern attitude to God, to hope, to life and death. Here was a spokesperson for a generation which now conjured ... Read more
Waters explores the process by which the hope of a society was sabotaged and plundered in the name of a mis-defined freedom and a utopia of the now. In the late spring of 2008 the acclaimed Irish writer Nuala O' Faolain went on a national Irish radio program to tell the Irish people that she was dying of cancer. She was frightened of death and of the short time left to her. She went right to the heart of the modern attitude to God, to hope, to life and death. Here was a spokesperson for a generation which now conjured ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Continuum
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441114211
SKU
KSG0033575
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Waters
John Waters is an author, playwright and newspaper columnist. He contributes to a number of publications in Britain and Ireland including a weekly column for The Irish Times and the Catholic weekly The Voice Daily. He lives in Dun Laoghaire.
Reviews for Beyond Consolation
Title mention in Irish Post March 2010 Review in Sunday Tribune The Arts, April 2010. Title mentioned in The Catholic Herald, April 2010. "Threaded through the text is a moving account by Waters on his own spiritual journey." The Irish Times, 22nd June 2010 "Lapsed Agnostic and Beyond Consolation are a pair of pointed meditations on the experience of ... Read more