Products specifications
Author
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Declan O'Rourke |
Pub Date
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31/10/2021 |
Binding
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Hardback |
Pages
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512 |
Country
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Ireland |
Dewey
|
823.92 |
GBPPrice
|
21.99 |
Availability
|
Available |
Declan O'Rourke's award-winning album, Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine, was released to critical acclaim in 2017. It illuminated an extraordinary series of eye-witness accounts, including the story of Padraig and Cait ua Buachalla. Four years on, in Declan's meticulously researched literary debut, the story of the ua Buachalla family is woven into a powerful, multilayered work showing us the famine as it happened through the lens of a single town - Macroom, Co. Cork - and its environs.
Local pawnbroker Cornelius Creed is at the juncture between the classes. Sensitive and empathetic, he is a voice on behalf of the poor, and his story is entwined with that of Padraig ua Buachalla. Through these characters - utilising local history and documentary evidence - Declan creates a kaleidoscopic view of this defining moment in Ireland's history.
'A powerful and gripping piece of writing from a born storyteller.' Joseph O'Connor
'The narrative is just like his singing voice, full of powerful strength and compassion.' Michael Harding
'Lucid, lovingly-written and lyrical.' Professor Christine Kinealy