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Ireland: A Novel (Paperback, New ed)
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Ireland: A Novel (Paperback, New ed)
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List price R351
Loot Price R300
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One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller arrives unannounced
and mysterious at a house in the Irish countryside. By the November
fireside he begins to tell the story of this extraordinary land.
One of his listeners, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced by
the storytelling that, when the old man leaves, he devotes his life
to finding him again. It is a search that uncovers both passions
and mysteries, in his own life as well as the old man's, and their
solving becomes the thrilling climax to this tale. But the life of
this boy is more than just his story: it is also the telling of a
people, the narrative of a nation, the history of Ireland in all
its drama, intrigue and heroism. IRELAND travels through the
centuries by way of story after story, from the savage grip of the
Ice Age to the green and troubled land of tourist brochures and
news headlines. Along the way, we meet foolish kings and innocent
monks, god-heroes and great works of art, shrewd Norman raiders and
envoys from Rome, leaders, poets and lovers. Each illuminates the
magic of Ireland, the power of England and the eternal connection
to the land.
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