What The Curlew Said
"Nostos" Continued
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The Lilliput Press Ltd
Published:1st Dec '14
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This autobiography, a sequel to Nostos, concludes the story of John Moriarty’s life in Connemara during the 1980s and subsequent return to his native Kerry. He writes with compelling detail about his time at Roundstone and environs, restoring gardens at Leitirdyfe House and Lisnabrucka, and building his own house at Toombeola. He reflects on his Kerry childhood and the death of his father; he describes his adopted family, a sortie to Dublin for Christmas, the writer Tim Robinson, and his neighbourhood and community; he celebrates the returned pine martens and the fauna and flora of a historic landscape; he undertakes a lecture tour in Canada organized by his former students; and throughout he engages with the immensities of the natural and spiritual worlds that form his habitat. In this posthumously published work, completed just weeks before his death, John Moriarty calls to account the literatures and legacies of European thought made manifest in the western extremities of Ireland. They bore witness to his own inner and outer journey, now documented in this compelling, writerly masterwork.
"'Every household in Ireland should have a copy of this magical book. I am indulging in no idle hyperbole when I say that this autobiography is one of the most remarkable autobiographies I have ever read in my entire life.' - PAUL DURCAN 'In Nostos Moriarty has surpassed all his previous achievements. Because it is in the recording of his life, that his passionate imagination finally makes sense, and here he has recorded his life expansively and clearly and movingly. It is written in exquisite Irish - English, it's a unique voice, and it sings through in every page of a beautifully made book.' - MICHAEL HARDING, Sunday Tribune 'Here is a larger-than-life book from a larger-than-life life. The autobiography becomes a treasure trove of quotations, of poems and stories, of myths and legends, all tending towards an understanding of where we come from, who we are, and where we ought to be going. The patient reader of this book will warm to a generous spirit, to a mind and body devoted to healing the ills of the present by pointing to the past. The dull and dulling events of the life of a man intent on understanding are brought alive in this huge achievement in such a way that will move you with a belief that humanity has a meaning and relevance that can yet beautify our egotistical and polluted world.' - JOHN F. DEANE, Irish Independent"
ISBN: 9781843511243
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1000g
376 pages