The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story about the Hard Life
of Flann O'Brien, Patrick C. Power (Translator), Ralph Steadman (Illustrator)
Description
The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland equally renowned for its beauty and the abject poverty of its residents. Potatoes constitute the basis of his family's daily fare, and they share both bed and board with the sheep and pigs. A scathing satire on narratives of Gaelic Ireland, this work brought down on the author's head the full wrath of those who saw themselves as the custodians of Irish language and tradition when it was first published in Gaelic in 1941.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128 pages
- Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
- Publication Date March 1st 1996
- First Publication 11/06/41
- Language English
- ISBN 9781564780911
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Ireland']
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