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Ita Doyle- 'In all my life I have lived in tvvo houses, had tvvo jobs, and one husband. I'm a very interesting person.'RORY AND ITA, Roddy Doyle's first non-fiction book, tells -largely in their own words -the story of his parents' lives from their first memories to the present. Born in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year's Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods -the people (aunts, cousins, shopkeepers, friends, teachers), the politics (both came from Republican families), idyllic times in the Wexford countryside for Ita, Rory's apprenticeship as a printer. Ita's mother died when she was three ('the only memory I have is of her hands, doing things'); Rory was the oldest of nine children, five of them girls.By the time they put down a deposit of two hundred pounds for a house in Kilbarrack, Rory was working as a compositor at the Irish Independent. By the time the first of their four children was born he'd become a teacher, at the School of Printing in Dublin. Kilbarrack began to change ('it wasn't a rural place any more') and Ireland too. Through their eyes we see the intensely Catholic society of their youth being transformed into the vibrant, modern Ireland of today.Both Rory and Ita Doyle are marvellous talkers, with excellent memories, so combined with Roddy Doyle's legendary skill in illuminating ordinary experience, it makes for a book of tremendous warmth and humanity.… (altro)
Roddy Doyle mette il suo talento narrativo al servizio dei ricordi, trascrivendo parole e memorie dei suoi genitori. Si dipana così il racconto della loro vita matrimoniale lunga e felice, di un'esistenza trascorsa nella semplicità, fra casa, lavoro e figli. Rory e Ita ci parlano della fatica di ogni giorno, delle piccole gioie assaporate. E dagli episodi narrati, dai ritratti di persone e amici con cui hanno condiviso una parte del cammino, viene delineandosi un affresco dell'Irlanda lungo i decenni: un paese un tempo essenzialmente contadino, insidiato dalla povertà, isolato dall'Europa, che oggi ha conquistato la ricchezza e il benessere.
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Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing. - Luis Bunuel, "My Last Breath"
The house is dark and silent. The door has just closed behind me or soon will open. What darkness! What silence! - Dermot Healy, "The Hallway"
In all of my life I have lived in two houses, had two jobs, and one husband. I'm a very interesting person. - Ita Doyle
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For my grandparents. - Roddy Doyle
For the next generation, Elizabeth, Rory, Jack and Kate - Ita Doyle and Rory Doyle
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The first thing I remember is the gramophone arriving.
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Ita Doyle- 'In all my life I have lived in tvvo houses, had tvvo jobs, and one husband. I'm a very interesting person.'RORY AND ITA, Roddy Doyle's first non-fiction book, tells -largely in their own words -the story of his parents' lives from their first memories to the present. Born in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year's Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods -the people (aunts, cousins, shopkeepers, friends, teachers), the politics (both came from Republican families), idyllic times in the Wexford countryside for Ita, Rory's apprenticeship as a printer. Ita's mother died when she was three ('the only memory I have is of her hands, doing things'); Rory was the oldest of nine children, five of them girls.By the time they put down a deposit of two hundred pounds for a house in Kilbarrack, Rory was working as a compositor at the Irish Independent. By the time the first of their four children was born he'd become a teacher, at the School of Printing in Dublin. Kilbarrack began to change ('it wasn't a rural place any more') and Ireland too. Through their eyes we see the intensely Catholic society of their youth being transformed into the vibrant, modern Ireland of today.Both Rory and Ita Doyle are marvellous talkers, with excellent memories, so combined with Roddy Doyle's legendary skill in illuminating ordinary experience, it makes for a book of tremendous warmth and humanity.
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