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Sto caricando le informazioni... Barnacle Soup: And Other Stories from the West of Irelanddi Josie Gray
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This little gem is a collection of oral tales tweaked and put down on paper through Tess Gallagher's collaboration with her long-time companion, Irish storyteller Josie Gray. They are amusing, often delightful wee glimpses of daily life in a simpler time and place, but they surely lose something in translation. I longed to hear a West of Ireland voice spinning them out. ( ) Seanchaí Tales Review of the Eastern Washington University hardcover edition (March 2008) of the Irish original published by Blackstaff Press (September 2007) TESS: Where'd you get that story? I made a charming discovery of this collection of non-fiction tales which come from the oral tradition of seanchaí (Irish: storyteller) Josie Gray. His collaborator in the project was American poet Tess Gallagher (1943-), who convinced Gray to allow her to record his story telling and to have it put into a written record. These are stories mostly of Gray's own life and those of his family and friends. Often there is a humorous element but mainly these are observations about life, death, men, women and people and how sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. I enjoyed it immensely. Trivia and Link Tess Gallagher is the widow of American short story writer Raymond Carver (1938-1988). nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Ireland is known throughout the world for its rich and vibrant storytelling. Josie Gray is a proud inheritor of this tradition, a yarn-spinner whose evocative and authentic stories are steeped in the rural west of Ireland community to which he belongs. Beautifully crafted, subtly paced, and richly textured, Gray's stories vividly and affectionately bring to life a disparate castoff characters and recreate the fabric of their everyday lives. Disputes, laughter, courting, death, drink and general all-round skullduggery are the other of the day as Gray skillfully weaves together myth and fact, truth and near-truth. Captivated by these tales, acclaimed poet Tess Gallagher worked with Gray to give his oral stories written form. The result is a stunning collection that preserves the intimacy, melody and rhythm of Gray's voice. Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned linocuts, Barnacle Soup is a lyrical feast for all those who love hearing and reading stories. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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