Books with title Twenty Years a-Growing

In tellng the story of his youth, Maurice O'Sullivan uses a style derived from the folk tales he learned from his grandfather, and sharpened by his own lively imagination. Though he wrote simply for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends--without any thought of a wider audience--O'Sullivan now enjoys a devoted following of readers who appreciate what E.M Forster praised as the "gaiety and magic" of this book.

O'Sullivan here tells the story of his growing up in Great Blasket, a sparse island off Ireland's Atlantic coast with a Gaelic-speaking population. Along with an introduction by E.M. Forster from the original 1933 printing, this edition contains new photos and illustrations by the author. Library Journal It is a summer island of romantic beauty that he shows us, dwelling always on the colour of the scenery and the bright, wild life... London Times Literary Supplement This natural and beautiful book brings a breath of sea air and a strange music...It is as alive and sparkling as the sea on a summer morning. The Observer A book to buy, to beg, or to borrow. To miss it is to miss something which will leave your adventuring among books incomplete. Irish Independent You cannot possibly fail to enjoy this book, the only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation... The Listener --This text refers to the Paperback edition. This is the story of a boy's growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited, Gaelicspeaking island off the coast of Ireland. It tells of the simple life of a society that no longer exists, with a humor and poetry refreshingly remote from the modern world that replaced it.

NY 1933 1st Viking. Hardcover. Translated from the Irish by Moya Davies and George Thomson. Foreword by E. M. Forster. Fiction by Dublin policeman who grew up in the Blasket Islands off west coast of Ireland. Hardcover. Octavo, 303pp., cloth. VG plus in Good DJ, light fraying on spine ends and a few tiny chips and stains elsewhere, price not clipped.

VERT GOOD FIRST EDITION 1933 BRAND NEW dust jacket hardcover, in protective plastic, free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; some age tanning; previous owner's name inside WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201614710 This is an extraordinary book, described by the well-know author E.M. Forster as "here is the egg of a seabird - lovely, perfect and laid this very morning". The author, Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, is an Irish-speaking boy growing up on the Great Blasket Island (An Blascaod Mór). He describes his childhood in the twenties on this 100% Irish-speaking island in Co. Kerry. The population of the island never reached 200, and life there was very archaic - resembling the society in Europe thousands of years ago. Nowhere else in Europe did the sheer joy of speaking and love of words live on as here, where thousands of pages of folklore has been collected as well. This love of the language is obvious in this vivid book, in which Muiris presents an affectionate, lively and interesting account of a way of life that no longer is. Despite being published 70+ years ago, the book still feels fresh and manages to blend fond memories and humour in an extraordinary way. This is definitely THE book to buy for anyone interested in the Irish way of life. Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)