The Islandman (Oxford Paperbacks Series)
by Tomas O'Crohan
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Author: Tomas O'CrohanTranslator: Robin Flower
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1978-03-23
ISBN: 0192812335
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Time travel
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the autobiographical account of a simple fisherman, Thomas O' Crohan, who lived on Great Blasket island in the second half of the 19th century and beginning of 20th century. It was originally written in Irish Gaelic and is translated by Robin Flower. The English version is both poetic and obscure as Flower tried to translate the original language as closely as possible thus giving us an odd form of Hiberno-English which is redolent of The Playboy of the Western World (and of the way my own grand parents spoke).
Of course one is reminded strongly of Peig while reading this, and the stories are as fascinating and poignant as Peig's are. I was particularly amused by the the recounting of the group of fishermen rowing out to catch up with a burning ship (they were hoping to benefit from the cargo they might salvage). However, they were surprised to find that, although the ship was very obviously on fire, it continued in a straight and determined path; other fishing boats joind in the trail following this peculiar ship. The author then reveals that it was their first time to encounter a steamship.
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Tomas O'Crohan's sole purpose in writing The Islandman was, he wrote, "to set down the character of the people about me so that some record of us might live after us, for the like of us will never be seen again." This is an absorbing narrative of a now-vanished way of life, written by one who had known no other.Biographies & Memoirs Books
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