Author: JAMES CHARLES ROY
Title: The Back of Beyond
Description: Basic Books, 2002. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 219. James Charles Roy, a noted authority on Irish history and travel, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the lonely backwaters of ancient Ireland. Visions of a glorious enterprise evaporate as he sees a dejected and weary handful of aged American tourists disembark at Shannon Airport. Fortified by Guinness, Roy hurls himself into sharing with them the joys and wonders of Ireland`s twisted byways.Determined to avoid cliché, Roy leads his group to obscure Celtic coronation sites, monasteries, and remote abbeys as he spins a narrative that pulls Ireland`s chaotic story into coherence. His unsuspecting charges begin to shed their hesitancies, relishing their guide`s idiosyncratic approach to Ireland. Black comedy aside, Roy touches an emotional chord: how the economic phenomenon known as the Celtic Tiger has transformed Old Ireland into a high-tech power. At the tour`s end, Roy embarks alone for the inaccessible Ardoilean, a seventh-century Celtic hermitage in County Galway. His vision of an Ireland lost forever is an emotional tour de force. ISBN: 9780813339092. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780813339092
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Title: The Back of Beyond
Description: Basic Books, 2002. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 219. James Charles Roy, a noted authority on Irish history and travel, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the lonely backwaters of ancient Ireland. Visions of a glorious enterprise evaporate as he sees a dejected and weary handful of aged American tourists disembark at Shannon Airport. Fortified by Guinness, Roy hurls himself into sharing with them the joys and wonders of Ireland`s twisted byways.Determined to avoid cliché, Roy leads his group to obscure Celtic coronation sites, monasteries, and remote abbeys as he spins a narrative that pulls Ireland`s chaotic story into coherence. His unsuspecting charges begin to shed their hesitancies, relishing their guide`s idiosyncratic approach to Ireland. Black comedy aside, Roy touches an emotional chord: how the economic phenomenon known as the Celtic Tiger has transformed Old Ireland into a high-tech power. At the tour`s end, Roy embarks alone for the inaccessible Ardoilean, a seventh-century Celtic hermitage in County Galway. His vision of an Ireland lost forever is an emotional tour de force. ISBN: 9780813339092. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780813339092
Price: EUR 8.50 = appr. US$ 9.24 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1909832
- Book number: 1909832
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