Islanders

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Author: Anne Marie O'DonnellNumber Of Pages: 126Release Date: 29-06-2001Details: Product Description A powerful novel of life in a small island community in Donegal, written by one of Irelands greatest historical and literary figures: socialist, republican,and novelist, Peadar ODonnellPeadar ODonnell, to my mind, has brought a family to life in Islanders. He has observed men and women, and observed them imaginatively. He knows their phrases, the details of their daily existence, their exhilarations, their sorrows; and out of his knowledge he has built up a home on a Donegal island so real to us that a woman cannot feed the hens or cut a soda cake for the children without making us wish that wewere there to see her. from the introduction by Robert Lynd About the Author Peadar ODonnell was born in Meenamore, Donegal in 1893 and trained as a teacher at St Patricks College, Dublin.With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he joined the IRA and quickly rose through the ranks. He published his first novel, Storm, in 1925, followed by Islanders in 1928. He went on to publish books like The Gates Flew Open (1932)and There Will Be Another Day (1963). In 1946 he became editor of The Bell and remained as its editor until 1954. He died in 1986.EAN: 9781856354721Languages: EnglishBinding: PaperbackItem Condition: UsedLikeNew Show more