Art Imitating Life Imitating Death: An exploration of Guests of the Nation by Frank Oâ Connor

Creedon, CÃ nal CÃ nal Creedon,

ISBN 10: 173991807X / ISBN 13: 9781739918071

Published by Irishtown Press, 2022

Art Imitating Life Imitating Death: An exploration of Guests of the Nation by Frank Oâ Connor This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Seller Inventory # 7719-9781739918071

Synopsis:

In 2003, Cónal Creedon was commissioned by RTÉ to adapt Guests of the Nation for radio as part of the Frank O’Connor Centenary Celebrations.
“Seduced by a narrative so deeply rooted in a culture, history and landscape so familiar to me, I was captivated by this wartime parable.”
So began his personal journey to the soul of O’Connor’s story. It was a voyage of discovery that led him on a circuitous route to the death of Major Compton-Smith during the Irish War of Independence.

In 2012, Creedon was invited by descendants of the Donoughmore IRA to visit the safe-house where Major Compton-Smith had been held. It occurred to him that Compton-Smith’s final days may have been the inspiration for O’Connor’s fiction. Creedon’s recollections of that day have been published in several articles.
“It was a day where painful memories of generations past were laid bare and in some cases laid to rest.”

In January 2020, Cónal Creedon presented his lecture, Art Imitating Life Imitating Death – An Exploration of Guests Of The Nation by Frank O’Connor at the Irish Revolutionary Period Symposium organised by the Swiss Centre of Irish Studies at the University of Zurich and the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. The lecture was published by Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies, by Firenze University Press (FUP) at the University of Florence, Italy.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Art Imitating Life Imitating Death: An ...
Publisher: Irishtown Press
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good