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Running to stand still (Book) Loot Price: R496
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Running to stand still (Book): Bearnard O'Riain

Running to stand still (Book)

Bearnard O&#39Riain

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Running to stand still is moving testament to enduring love, the hazards of history, the telling of stories and the power of truth. The story begins in Ireland during the Second World War, where O'Riain tells an extraordinary tale of a family at war with one another and the violence that lurks behind their love. O'Riain, forbidden by his mother to join the Boy Scouts or the reserve national army, eventually puts on a uniform; the irregular uniform of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). A couple of spells in prison, a threat from a girlfriend, a daring run from the police and eventual capture, all combine and the early indications of a psychological split between the 'good' and 'bad' O'Riain, are made manifest. These are the threads that take the writer, O'Riain himself, to he present day, and to his search for a way of telling his story, and eventually telling the tale of his marriage to his beloved Verne. That begins one day, as O'Riain finds himself on a Johannesburg street, kicking his wife. He is forced to look at the 'other' O'Riain, the one who is a violent and abusive man. This is the story of his recovery, of Verne's trust and love and their mutual discovery of the roots of violence and provocation. By turns it is shocking and beguiling and the beauty of the writing only underscores the horror of the violence.

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Imprint: Jacana Media
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: July 2005
First published: August 2006
Authors: Bearnard O&#39Riain
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Book
Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 978-1-77009-078-1
Categories: Books > Law > General
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > Domestic violence
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-77009-078-9
Barcode: 9781770090781

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