My book, ON AN IRISH ISLAND, took me to a windswept island village off the coast of Ireland, the setting for a story of love and friendship, literature and . On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth century for the rich communal life of its residents and the unadulterated Irish they spoke/5(4). On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth century for the rich communal life of its residents and the unadulterated Irish they spoke/5.
On An Irish Island by Robert Kanigel. The Blasket story matters not alone for the sake of the island itself, or the people who once lived there, or the literature it produced, but for how it reflects back at us our lives today. Almost from the moment Tomas O'Crohan's book The Islandman first appeared, it's been like that - life on the. On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth century for the rich communal life of its residents and the unadulterated Irish they spoke. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for On an Irish Island by Robert Kanigel (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
On an Irish Island tells of how the islanders story came to life. English writer E.M. Forster and poet John Yeats were some of the early visitors. Author Robert Kanigel's inspiration for On an Irish Island draws from the author's honeymoon visit to the Blasket Centre located in Dún Chaoin (Dunquin) on Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. Enthralled by what he found, Kanigel places a solid literary stamp on a rich Irish legacy. On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth century for the rich communal life of its residents and the unadulterated Irish they spoke.
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