Not easy to define - literary fiction, a kind of memoir, somewhat
autobiographical... Alternative title: Phone Calls, Recalls and
Spilt Milk. Chapters/Books/Sections... A mosaic of sorts. My
favourite format? Radio Drama. By far. At its very best the
listener is a fly-on-the-wall: eavesdropping, over-hearing,
listening in, privy to the most intimate, soul-searching monologue,
revealing dialogue... I worked in RTE's Drama Department for some
16 years in the '70's, '80's - directing, producing, scripting,
editing. During that period I wrote and produced some of my own
plays - well received and reviewed for the most part, they were
subsequently broadcast by the BBC and, in translation, on European
networks. Later... some years into my (early) retirement... it
began to occur to me: six of my scripts were inter-related, in the
same mould/vein, out of the same stable, so to speak... The same
voice/voices... similar, complementary story-lines... So, Sean,
re-work them as chapters/sections/ in print format and hey, you
have yourself a book If my work shows a heavy influence dating back
to that time, well, I make no apologies for that... Writing "within
myself" - for sure... 'Will make you forget you are reading a
book..?" Again, for sure. I write, speak, hear Hiberno-English.
(English as it is spoken in Ireland, in my city, Dublin.) I avoid
the traditional narrative format for the most part; I prefer direct
speech - monologue, dialogue. (I've left out the bits the readers
would skip, anyway ) Six parts in all. Set in Ireland in the early
80's - important. (Before Civil Divorce became law, etc.) Each
chapter is self-contained, just about; yet each complements the
others... Moves forward and backwards - sometimes sideways
Disjointed narrative - rather than neatly joined together...
Sometimes I knew where I was going - or so I thought. Sometimes I
was drawing a chain out of muddy water - a link at a time. Kept
putting it aside, it kept re-surfacing, demanding to be written...
Six Chapters in Search of a readership .. Warning If your need is
to be spoon-fed. If you have little desire to be challenged,
mentally stimulated, if you wish to be left untouched in your
comfort zone, if you have no stomach for the fray... then NOTES ON
THE PAST IMPERFECT is not the book for you
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
