| Genre: | Literature |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | January 01, 2007 |
| Edition: | 4th |
Hardcover | |
| ISBN13: | 9781841593098 |
| ISBN10: | 1841593095 |
| Dimensions: | 5.04 x 8.19 x 1.89 inches |
| Weight: | 839.15 g |
About the Book
In the five novels by Ireland's greatest comic writer, we can explore the full range of his invention, from the multi-layered madness of "At Swim-Two-Birds" to the piercing realism of "The Hard Life" and the surreal logic of "The Third Policeman". This is a world where bicycles listen to conversations, inventors search for methods of 'diluting' water, and characters play truant while novelists sleep; a world where spiteful fairies wreak havoc and heroes from legend blunder into suburban sitting-rooms. This is recognizably the Ireland of Joyce and Beckett - rowdy, high-spirited, by turns sensual and cerebral -transformed by O'Brien's unique vision.