Ireland: An Anthology - Softcover

Keane, Molly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000637672X ISBN 13: 9780006376729

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994

Synopsis

This anthology, compiled by the novelist Molly Keane and her daughter, freelance journalist Sally Phipps, contains an array of the best in Irish literature: both the famous and the less well-known. Swift, Joyce, Yeats, Synge, O'Connor, Kinsella, Beckett, O'Faolain, Heaney, Campbell and McGuckian, among others, write on subjects ranging from God, exile, love and death to fairies, horse-racing, wit and whiskey. 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, the pieces collected here 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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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'

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 000637672X
• ISBN 13: 9780006376729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256