Twenty Years A-Growing

by Maurice O'Sullivan, Moya Llewellyn Davies, George Thompson, E. M. Forster (Introduction)

Overview

In tellng the story of his youth, Maurice O'Sullivan uses a style derived from the folk tales he learned from his grandfather, and sharpened by his own lively imagination. Though he wrote simply for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends—without any thought of a wider audience—O'Sullivan now enjoys a devoted following of readers who appreciate what E.M Forster praised as the "gaiety and magic" of this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192813251
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/17/1983
Series:	Oxford World's Classics Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.81(w) x 5.15(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

About the Author:
Maurice O'Sullivan

Table of Contents

1. In Dingle
2. My First Journey Home
3. The Island
4
A Day's Hunting
5. Ventry Races
6. Pierce's Cave
7. A Shoal Of Mackerel
8. Hallowe'en
9 . The Whale
10. The Wake
11. A Night In The Inish
12 The War
13. The Shipwreck
14. The Wanderer
15. The Lobster Season
16
Matchmaking
17. The Wedding Day
18. An American Wake
19. The Stranger
20 My Last Journey To The Inish
21
I Leave Home
22. From Dingle East
23. The City Of Dublin
24. The Civic Guard
25. Connemara
26. Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

O'Sullivan here tells the story of his growing up in Great Blasket, a sparse island off Ireland's Atlantic coast with a Gaelic-speaking population. Along with an introduction by E.M. Forster from the original 1933 printing, this edition contains new photos and illustrations by the author.

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