Dublin (City-Pick Series) [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Heather Reyes

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0955970016 ISBN 13: 9780955970016

Casa editrice: Oxygen Books, 2010

Riassunto

'A writers' tour of Dublin ... a gem of a travel guide' Irish World

Meet the Dubliners - from the famous and infamous to the famously fictional - as over fifty of the very best writers on Dublin get under the skin of an unforgettable city.

Ann Enright reveals the poetry in the Dublin soul
Elizabeth Bowen stays at the Shelbourne
Brian Laior<>/b is swept along by Bloomsday
Joseph O'Connor takes a wry look at Dublin man
Iris Murdoch evokes the Easter Rising
J. P. Donleavy shows us student Dublin
Hugo Hamilton's policeman has seen it all Roddy Doyle <>/bevokes the dreams of the immigrant

Introduced by Orna Ross, author of A Dance in Time

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Recensione:

'An elegant, incisive and always entertaining guide to the city's multitude of literary lives' --Lonely Planet Magazine

'There's everything here ... read about walking and drinking, being poor and being poetic, new wealth and newcomers, old timers and returning natives' --Book of the Month, The Good Web Guide Lonely Planet Magazine

'With over one hundred extracts ... plenty of inspiration for exploring the famous streets of the Irish capital' --Travelbite Book of the Month, The Good Web Guide

'The next in this excellent city-pick series, with some 100 plus extracts from a diverse collection of writers'
--The Bookseller Travelbite

'This book covers an astonishing variety of writers from the classic to the modern, the home-grown to the visitor' -- Irish World

'Sends you back to the originals ... a guide, a legacy, worth dipping into' -- The Irish Times

'A book you can't miss' --The Lady

'Bite-sized beauties ... this delicious, quirky feast' --The Dubliner

'The latest in the city-pick series ... another goody bag of essential reading' --Aer Lingus magazine

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxygen Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0955970016
• ISBN 13: 9780955970016
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Heather Reyes