Adapted for the stage from the best-selling memoir, The Speckled People tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war. Set in 1950s Ireland, this is a gripping, poignant, and at times very funny family drama of homesickness, control and identity.
As a young boy, Hugo Hamilton struggles with what it means to be speckled, "half and half... Irish on top and German below."
An idealistic Irish father enforces his cultural crusade by forbidding his son to speak English while his German mother tries to rescue him with her warm-hearted humour and uplifting industry. The boy must free himself from his father and from bullies on the street who persecute him with taunts of Nazism. Above all he must free himself from history and from the terrible secrets of his mother and father before he can find a place where he belongs.
Surrounded by fear, guilt, and frequently comic cultural entanglements, Hugo tries to understand the differences between Irish history and German history and to turn the strange logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before the long-buried secrets at the back of the parents' wardrobe have been laid bare.
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: new. Reprint. Adapted for the stage from the bestselling memoir The Speckled People tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war Set in 1950s Ireland this is a gripping poignant and at times very funny family drama of homesickness control and identityAs a young boy Hugo Hamilton struggles with what it means to be speckled half and half Irish on top and German belowAn idealistic Irish father enforces his cultural crusade by forbidding his son to speak English while his German mother tries to rescue him with her warmhearted humour and uplifting industry The boy must free himself from his father and from bullies on the street who persecute him with taunts of Nazism Above all he must free himself from history and from the terrible secrets of his mother and father before he can find a place where he belongsSurrounded by fear guilt and frequently comic cultural entanglements Hugo tries to understand the differences between Irish history and German history and to turn the strange logic of what he is told into truth It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before the longburied secrets at the back of the parents wardrobe have been laid bare. Codice articolo DADAX140817118X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Adapted for the stage from the best-selling memoir, The Speckled People tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war. Set in 1950s Ireland, this is a gripping, poignant, and at times very funny family drama of homesickness, control and identity. As a young boy, Hugo Hamilton struggles with what it means to be speckled, "half and half. Irish on top and German below."An idealistic Irish father enforces his cultural crusade by forbidding his son to speak English while his German mother tries to rescue him with her warm-hearted humour and uplifting industry. The boy must free himself from his father and from bullies on the street who persecute him with taunts of Nazism. Above all he must free himself from history and from the terrible secrets of his mother and father before he can find a place where he belongs.Surrounded by fear, guilt, and frequently comic cultural entanglements, Hugo tries to understand the differences between Irish history and German history and to turn the strange logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before the long-buried secrets at the back of the parents' wardrobe have been laid bare. Adapted for the stage by the author, The Speckled People is a German-Irish memoir of growing up in Dublin during the 1950s. This family drama tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a war of identity and language. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781408171189
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