Graveyard clay = Cré na cille : a narrative in ten interludes /
In an Irish graveyard, the corpses are distracted by local jealousies and petty disputes assuming global importance. Their banter is full of news of above-ground happenings, received from the recently arrived. As we listen in on the gossip, rumors, backbiting, complaining, and obsessing of the local...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Irish |
Publicado: |
New Haven
Yale University Press
[2016]
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Colección: | Margellos world republic of letters book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In an Irish graveyard, the corpses are distracted by local jealousies and petty disputes assuming global importance. Their banter is full of news of above-ground happenings, received from the recently arrived. As we listen in on the gossip, rumors, backbiting, complaining, and obsessing of the local community, we learn that in the afterlife the same old life goes on beneath the sod.-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) |
ISBN: | 9780300220926 0300220928 |