Confessions Of An Irish Rebel

Author : Brendan Behan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409043744

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Confessions Of An Irish Rebel by Brendan Behan Pdf

The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. 'Are you Irish?' he asked me. 'No' I said 'as a matter of fact, I'm Yemenite Arab.' Two detectives came forward who were evidently there to meet me. 'Apparently he is Brendan Behan,' they said. The immigration officer shook my hand and his hard face softened. 'Cead mile failte romhat abhaile.' (A hundred thousand welcomes home to you.) I could not answer. There are no words and it would be impertinence to try. I walked down the gangway. I was free. First published after Brendan Behan's tragic death, Confessions of an Irish Rebel picks up where Borstal Boy left off. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.

Author : Brendan Behan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409065395

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Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan Pdf

'I have him bitched, balloxed and bewildered, for there's a system and a science in taking the piss out of a screw and I'm a well-trained man at it.' So writes Brendan Behan, poet, writer and literary legend, of the episode that coloured his life. Arrested in Liverpool as an agitator for the IRA, he was tried and sent to reform school. He was sixteen years old. The world he entered was brutal and coldly indifferent. Conditions were primitive, and violence simmered just below the surface. Yet Brendan Behan found something more positive than hate in Borstal: friendship, solidarity and healing flashes of kindness. Extraordinarily vivid, fluent, and moving, this is a superb and unforgettable piece of writing. Borstal Boy was adapted into a film in 2000.

Author : Richard English
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330475785

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Armed Struggle by Richard English Pdf

A timely work of major historical importance, examining the whole spectrum of events from the 1916 Easter Rising to the current and ongoing peace process, fully updated with a new afterword for the paperback edition. ‘An essential book ... closely-reasoned, formidably intelligent and utterly compelling ... required reading across the political spectrum ... important and riveting’ Roy Foster, The Times ‘An outstanding new book on the IRA ... a calm, rational but in the end devastating deconstruction of the IRA’ Henry McDonald, Observer ‘Superb ... the first full history of the IRA and the best overall account of the organization. English writes to the highest scholarly standards ... Moreover, he writes with the common reader in mind: he has crafted a fine balance of detail and analysis and his prose is clear, fresh and jargon-free ... sets a new standard for debate on republicanism’ Peter Hart, Irish Times 'The one book I recommend for anyone trying to understand the craziness and complexity of the Northern Ireland tragedy.’ Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes

Author : Michael O'Sullivan
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781461660279

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Brendan Behan by Michael O'Sullivan Pdf

Hailed as the new O'Casey by Irish critics in 1958, Behan is now often portrayed as the archetypal Irishman and spectacular drunk. Behind the myth lies the more compelling story of a writer who was never able to fully harness his larger-than-life personality and talent.

Author : Kevin Toolis
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250088734

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Rebel Hearts by Kevin Toolis Pdf

For ten years Kevin Toolis investigated the lives of the IRA soldiers who wage a secret battle against the British State. His journeys took him from the back kitchens of Belfast, where men joked while making two-thousand-pound bombs, to prisons for interviews with men serving life sentences, and to the graveyards where mourners weep. Each chapter explores a world where history, faith, and human savagery determine life and death. At once moving and harrowing,Rebel Hearts is the most authoritative and insightful book ever written on the IRA.

Author : E.H. Mikhail
Publisher : Springer
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1980-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349051151

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Brendan Behan by E.H. Mikhail Pdf

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501157868

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Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous Pdf

Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.

Author : David Matzko McCarthy
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802867094

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Sharing God's Good Company by David Matzko McCarthy Pdf

Explores the role and significance of the saints in Christians' lives today. While examining the lives of specific saints like Martin de Porres, Therese de Lisieux, and Mother Teresa, McCarthy especially focuses on such topics as the veneration of martyrs, realism and hagiography, science and miracles, images and pilgrimage, and why the saints continue to captivate Christians and inspire devotion.

Author : Richard Parfitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000517637

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Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism, 1848–1972 by Richard Parfitt Pdf

Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism is the first comprehensive history of music’s relationship with Irish nationalist politics. Addressing rebel songs, traditional music and dance, national anthems and protest song, the book draws upon an unprecedented volume of material to explore music’s role in cultural and political nationalism in modern Ireland. From the nineteenth-century Young Irelanders, the Fenians, the Home Rule movement, Sinn Féin and the Anglo-Irish War to establishment politics in independent Ireland and civil rights protests in Northern Ireland, this wide-ranging survey considers music’s importance and its limitations across a variety of political movements.

Author : Lelia Ruckenstein,James O'Malley
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307484451

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Everything Irish by Lelia Ruckenstein,James O'Malley Pdf

Here, in one complete volume, is the depth and breadth of the great island nation and its people represented in an easily browsed, friendly format. From the Abbey Theatre to the Dublin storyteller Zozimus; from the origin of the Troubles to the origin of the limerick; from the stunning beauty of Connemara to the shattering tragedy of Bloody Sunday; from the greatest writers of the English language to the “confrontational television” of Gay Byrne’s The Late Late Show–every aspect of Irish culture, geography, and history is collected and annotated in more than 900 entries from A to Z. Readers will encounter heroes and terrorists, poets and politicians, all of Ireland’s counties, ancient myths, and pivotal events–all expertly and succinctly described and explained. With entries written by some of the world’s leading authorities on Ireland, Everything Irish is perfect for everyone, from the inquiring reader to the serious student. You can spend a few minutes learning about the much-maligned Travelers and then move on to the equally contentious (in its time) medieval tithe. Visit the majestic Cliffs of Moher and then delve into an analysis of paramilitary groups like the Irish Republican Army and the Ulster Volunteer Force. Explore the ruins of a Romanesque castle or experience the piercing light of the winter solstice inside prehistoric Newgrange, a passage grave older than the pyramids. Across centuries and across counties, the rich landscape of Irish life and heritage springs to life in these pages. An indispensable source of fascinating information and captivating anecdote, this is one book that will never be far from the hands of those with curious minds or an adventurous spirit.

Author : Tom Herron
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441124289

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Irish Writing London: Volume 2 by Tom Herron Pdf

The presence of Irish writers is almost invisible in literary studies of London. The Irish Writing London redresses the critical deficit. A range of experts on particular Irish writers reflect on the diverse experiences and impact this immigrant group has had on the city. Such sustained attention to a location and concern of Irish writing, long passed over, opens up new terrain to not only reveal but create a history of Irish-London writing. Alongside discussions of MacNeice, Boland and McGahern, the autobiography of Brendan Behan and identity of Irish-language writers in London is considered. Written by an internal array of scholars, these new essays on key figures challenge the deep-seated stereotype of what constitutes the proper domain of Irish writing, producing a study that is both culturally and critically alert and a dynamic contribution to literary criticism of the city.

Author : David Scott Kastan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2648 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780195169218

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature by David Scott Kastan Pdf

A comprehensive reference presents over five hundred full essays on authors and a variety of topics, including censorship, genre, patronage, and dictionaries.

Author : Kate Horsley
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780834823754

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Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley Pdf

Cloistered in a stone cell at the monastery of Saint Brigit, a sixth-century Irish nun secretly records the memories of her Pagan youth, interrupting her assigned task of transcribing Augustine and Patrick. She also writes of her fiercely independent mother, whose skill with healing plants and inner strength she inherited. She writes of her druid teacher, the brusque but magnetic Giannon, who first introduced her to the mysteries of written language. But disturbing events at the cloister keep intervening. As the monastery is rent by vague and fantastic accusations, Gwynneve's words become the one force that can save her from annihilation.

Author : Maureen Dezell
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780385495967

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Irish America by Maureen Dezell Pdf

Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contributions of the nation’s oldest ethnic group, who rank among the most highly educated and affluent Americans today. In Irish America, Maureen Dezell takes a new and invigorating look at Americans of Irish Catholic ancestry—who they are, and how they got that way. A welcome antidote to so many standard-issue, sentimental representations of the Irish in the United States, Irish America focuses on popular culture as well as politics; the Irish in the Midwest and West as well as the East; the “new Irish” immigrants; the complicated role of the Church today; and the unheralded heritage of Irish American women. Deftly weaving history, reporting, and the observations of more than 100 men and women of Irish descent on both sides of the Atlantic, Dezell presents an insightful and highly readable portrait of a people and a culture.

Author : D. Morse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137450692

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Irish Theatre in Transition by D. Morse Pdf

The Irish Theatre in Transition explores the ever-changing Irish Theatre from its inception to its vibrant modern-day reality. This book shows some of the myriad forms of transition and how Irish theatre reflects the changing conditions of a changing society and nation.