Author: O'Crohan, Tomas; Flower, Robin (translator).
Title: The Islandman.
Description: Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP), 2000. Reissue ed. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, rear cover little creased, tiny spot front cover, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 245 pp. Tomas O'Crohan (1856 - 1937) narrates his dangerous life in a primitive Irish community (Great Blasket Island) - often stormbound, going hungry when the fish or crops failed, living well when the storm drove a wrecked cargo onshore. He was much respected, and possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment from the whirlwind of everyday crises. (Originally published in Gaelic in 1929.). ISBN: 9780192812339

Keywords: biography, history, celtic, ireland, translation 9780192812339


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