9780905169897 - Guests of the Nation von O'Connor, Frank (3 Ergebnisse)

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Softcovers. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Reprint. 1987. Reprint. 199pp. plus 3 pages advertising other publications. Frank O'Connor (1903-1966) was an Irish author and translator. Raised in Cork, his early life was marked by his father's alcoholism, debt, and ill-treatment of his mother. His childhood was strongly shaped by his mother, who supplied much of the family's income by cleaning houses, and his father was unable to keep steady employment due to alcoholism. In 1918 he joined the First Brigade of the Irish Republican Army and served in combat during the Irish War of Independence. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and joined the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War, and was one of twelve thousand Anti-Treaty combatants who were interned by the government of the new Irish Free State. In February 1923, O'Connor was imprisoned in Cork City Gaol and in April moved to Gormanston where he was held until just before Christmas. this collection of short stories, first published in 1931, centres on the theme of the Irish Revolution. The author is concerned with the way in which war imposes a false and cruel ethic on people, ruthlessly destroying human relationships. The title story has been widely acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of the short story form. The book is bound in paperback form and is in excellent condition with a very gentle crease across the bottom rear corner. The contents are secure and clean with slight age-browning to the pages. There is no inscription.

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