This dazzling anthology, edited and introduced by dermot bolger, is a splendidly comprehensive and uptotheminute collection of the finest recent fiction from a nation of master storytellers. Dermot bolger is a distinguished novelist and playwright. Apr 20, 2008 the journey home is itself a restless thing, jittery, impatient, insistent, and constructed with a willful circularity that creates its own suspense. Controversial for its gritty portrait of dublin in the 1980s, the journey home is dermot bolgers unflinching look at the personal cost of social progress, and those, innocent or not, lost during the journey. The journey home isbn 9780292718067 pdf epub dermot. The journey home by dermot bolger in djvu, fb2, fb3 download ebook. Sep 01, 2003 the journey home is the story of a young boys struggle towards maturity, set against a shocking portrait of ireland, a tough urban landscape not a rural eden. Part historical fiction, part extraordinary comingofage tale, the lonely sea and sky charts the maiden voyage of fourteenyearold jack roche aboard a tiny wexford ship, the kerlogue, on a treacherous wartime journey to portugal.
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Controversial for its gritty portrait of dublin in the 1980s, the journey home is dermot bolger s unflinching look at the personal cost of social progress, and those, innocent or not, lost during the journey. Born in finglas in 1959, dermot bolger is a poet, novelist and playwright. Dermot bolger set in the suburbs of dublin in the early 80s, this novel chillingly portrays a bleak ireland that offers its youth few options. No mean city the image of dublin in the novels of dermot bolger, roddy doyle and val mulkerns. The journey home by dermot bolger, 9780007154111, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The branches were strewn above them like distorted mosaics of crucifixions, the hawthorn bushes blocking out the few isolated stars to ensnare them within a. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Worst, though, is when bolger, on the last three pages of the book, strives towards milking his. The journey home is the story of a young boys struggle towards. This dazzling anthology, edited and introduced by dermot bolger, is a splendidly comprehensive and upto the minute collection of the finest recent fiction from a nation of master storytellers. Dermot bolger, the journey home, london, viking, 1990. Dermot bolger born 1959 is an irish novelist, playwright and poet born in finglas, a suburb of. His older sister is the best selling writer june considine his work is often concerned with the articulation of the experiences of workingclass characters who, for various reasons, feel alienated from society.
Even if the first person narrative voice never appears in the text, its sti. The journey home by bolger, dermot and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Picador book of contemporary irish fiction 1993, isbn 9780330326162. Dermot bolger author of ladies night at finbars hotel. The journey home by dermot bolger overdrive rakuten. Jan 01, 1991 dermot bolger is an irish novelist, playwright and poet born in finglas, a suburb of dublin. Dermot bolger is an irish novelist, playwright and poet born in finglas, a suburb of dublin. The journey home is the story of a young boys struggle towards maturity, set against a shocking portrait of ireland. The journey home by dermot bolger the university of texas press. Dermot bolger pennys poetry pages wiki fandom powered by.
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The journey home dermot bolger first chapter the new. The womans daughter by bolger, dermot and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He flees through the countryside with cait, wondering, as he narrates the events that set him on this path, if there is a home at the end of it. Oct 15, 2015 the journey home by dermot bolger in djvu, fb2, fb3 download ebook. About the author dermot bolger was born in dublin in 1959. The journey home by dermot bolger book cover, description, publication history. Tanglewood dermot bolger when two neighbouring dublin couples decide to build a townhouse that straddle both of their gardens, they have no idea that the journey they embark on will expose the faultlines within their relationships and result in a panicked decision one night, which cast the two previously lawabiding husbands adrift into unknown territory, propelled into a new moral landscape. The journey home was originally published by penguin and was a controversial irish bestseller. This collection of astonishing breadth reveals a literature of genuine global stature, as ancient as. He founded and edited the raven arts press, dublin, from 1979 to 1992 and cofounded new island books. The journey home isbn 9780292718067 pdf epub dermot bolger. His work is often concerned with the articulation of the experiences of workingclass characters who, for various reasons, feel alienated from society. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.