Ireland A Novel

Name: Ireland A Novel
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ISBN: 9780060563486

ISBN-10: 0060563486

ISBN-13: 9780060563486

Edition: 2005

Authors: Frank Delaney, Frank Delaney

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From a land famous for storytelling comes an "absolute masterpiece"* -- an epic novel of Ireland that captures the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit. One wintry evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller -- a Seanchai, the very last practitioner of a fabled tradition extending back hundreds of years -- arrives unannounced at a house in the Irish countryside. In exchange for a bed and a warm meal, he invites his hosts and some of their neighbors to join him by the fireside, and begins to tell formative stories of Ireland's history. One of his listeners, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced by the story-telling that, when the old man leaves abruptly under mysterious…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/15/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.00" long x 1.69" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English

Frank Delaney was born in Tipperary, Ireland on October 24, 1942. He is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He enjoyed a long career in BBC broadcasting before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of several books that were bestsellers in the United Kingdom, including James Joyce's Odyssey, A Walk to the Western Isles, and The Celts.