Twenty years a-growing
1988, First Paperback Edition, Fifth Printing. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper corners slightly creased. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Item #471973
ISBN: 0192813250
Series; World's classics ; 532. Physical description; xiv, 298 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; First published by Oxford University Press 1953, first issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1983. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1933. Rendered from the original Irish with a preface by Moya Llewelyn Davies and George Thomson ; introductory note by E.M. Forster. Translation of: Fiche blian ag fás. Contents; In Dingle -- My first journey home -- The island -- A day's hunting -- Ventry races -- Pierce's cave -- A shoal of mackerel -- Hallowe'en -- The whale -- The wake -- A night in the Inish -- The war -- The shipwreck -- The wanderer -- The lobster season -- Matchmaking -- The wedding day -- An American wake -- The stranger -- My last journey to the Inish -- I leave home -- From Dingle east -- The city of Dublin -- The civic guard -- Connemara -- Conclusion. Subjects; Blasket Islands (Ireland). Great Blasket Island (Ireland). Social life and customs. Biography. Autobiography. Folklore. 20th century.
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