Translations - Brossura

FRIEL, BRIAN

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571117422 ISBN 13: 9780571117420

Casa editrice: FSG Adult, 1995

Riassunto

The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative.

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Descrizione del libro:

A modern classic and a profound political and philosophical insight into the individual lives of a small Irish-speaking community living in the townland of Baile Beag in County Donegal.

L'autore:

Brian Friel was born in Omagh, County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) in 1929. He received his college education in Derry, Maynooth and Belfast and taught at various schools in and around Derry from 1950 to 1960. He is the author of many plays that have taken their place in the canon of Irish Literature, including Philadelphia, Here I Come!(1964), Lovers (1967), Translations (1980), The Communication Cord (1982), andDancing at Lughnasa (1990). In 1980 he founded the touring theatre company, Field Day, with Stephen Rea.

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• Editore: FSG Adult
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0571117422
• ISBN 13: 9780571117420
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 114