An Béal Bocht Nó, An Milleánach : Drochscéal Ar an Drochshaol
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century, An Béal Bocht is a classic satire in Irish by one of the century's great writers, Myles na gCopaleen/Flann O'Brien/Brian O'Nolan. This extremely funny book, with its rain-sodden peasants of Corca Dorcha who combine pretensions to proficiency in English with true caint na ndaoine in the hope of impressing the insatiable Irish-language enthusiasts, was the proof that the Irish of the Revival had come of age.
It earned Flann O'Brien the accolade bestowed upon him by Austin Clarke: 'our Gaelic satirist' and is still a useful corrective against the native tendency to take things too seriously. As its subtitle An Milleánach indicates, it satirises Tomás Ó Criomhthain's famous Blasket autobiography An t -Oileánach as well as other Gaeltacht works like Caisleáin Óir by Donegal writer Séamus Ó Grianna (Máire).
Book information
ISBN: | 9781781176436 |
Publisher: | Mercier Press |
Imprint: | Mercier Press |
Pub date: | 06 Jul 2018 |
DEWEY: | 891.62343 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 128 |
Weight: | 148g |
Height: | 198mm |
Width: | 129mm |
Spine width: | 30mm |