Molly Keane’s Ireland: An Anthology - Hardcover

Keane, Molly

9780002158855: Molly Keane’s Ireland: An Anthology

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000215885X ISBN 13: 9780002158855

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1993

This anthology of Irish verse and prose is compiled by the Irish writer Molly Keane and her daughter Sally Phipps. The book uses a powerful love of Ireland and its people, with work by Swift, Joyce, Synge, O'Connor, Kinsella, Beckett, O'Faolain, Heaney, Campbell and McGuckian among others. Subjects range from God, exile, love and death to fairies, horse-racing, wit and whiskey.

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Molly Keane, the distinguished novelist, describes her life in Ireland as a long love affair.

Here she has collected the very best in Irish verse and prose, both the famous and the less well known. Whether it is Elizabeth Bowen on the country house, Trollope on hospitality, musings on the magical colours of the wind, or a recipe for moss pudding, these pieces capture the romantic, elusive Irish character, reflect the richness of the culture and paint a picture of ‘the struggle and the glory’ of life in Ireland throughout history.

Molly Keane has been helped with her selection by her daughter, Sally Phipps. Although born into diverse times, their views of Ireland often overlap, sometimes take on complementary shades of difference. Illustrated with Bob O’Cathail’s bold and beautiful linocuts, this classic anthology is a deeply personal and moving tribute to a great country.

‘So entertaining it might do some good, spread knowledge of a near country that too many English people shy away from’
P.J. KAVANAGH, 'Oldie'

‘Packed with the more funny, tough and unexpected viewpoints of Irish life’
AISLING FOSTER, 'Times Literary Supplement'

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