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Over the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny. Ireland: The Autobiography draws upon this genius to create a portrait of a century of Irish life through the words of the people who lived it. Broadcaster and historian John Bowman has mined archives, diaries and memoirs to create a remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives. Ireland: The Autobiography is a brilliantly selected, wide-ranging and engrossing take on the last century of Irish life. It gives us a portrait of Ireland unlike anything we've read before. This paperback book has 478 pages and measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 3cm
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Absorbing and illuminating ... John Bowman has selected a range of accounts of Irish life that do justice to what happened, what it felt like, and the personal and societal experiences alongside the "official" version. (Diarmaid Ferriter Irish Times)
Entertaining and informative (Sunday Business Post)
A thoughtful and eclectic collection (Irish Mail on Sunday)
A remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives (Woman's Way)
A treasure (Irish Examiner)
A whistle-stop tour of the seismic, seminal and explosive events that shaped the nation (Irish Independent)
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Entertaining and informative (Sunday Business Post)
A thoughtful and eclectic collection (Irish Mail on Sunday)
A remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives (Woman's Way)
A treasure (Irish Examiner)
A whistle-stop tour of the seismic, seminal and explosive events that shaped the nation (Irish Independent)
'We were brought into the room where Daddy was. He lifted his head, and said: "I suppose you know what this means?"'
Nora Connolly on the last hours of James Connolly
'Is it a sin for a girl to improve her looks by using cosmetics, lipstick etc.?'
A letter to the Irish Messenger, 1948
'Now that I was in the middle of it I found it childish and unpleasant, and I was a little ashamed that our own independent country was making a fool of itself yet again.'
John McGahern on the banning of The Dark
'They never announced in advance who was coming on next and it could be a nun who didn't believe in being a nun or it could be someone talking about sex'
Colm Tóibín on the Late Late Show in the sixties
'Is it a good way to live - to see to it that the children appear to be Catholics, while steering clear of the whole thing yourself?'
Nuala O'Faolain on Irish ritual and unbelief
'This is a classic bubble. It's going to end in tears, no question about it.'
Morgan Kelly on the housing market, 2007
'The kitchen had a weird, inhabited quality, dirty delph on the table as if highwaymen had just passed through and had had a feed, and the little radio on the windowsill was still stuttering, its battery having expired long before.'
Edna O'Brien on a return to her childhood home
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- Publication date2017
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- ISBN 13 9780141034676
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- EditorBowman John
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