Dermot Bolger Livres

Dans une longue lettre qu'il écrit à son fils, le narrateur évoque l'incroyable année que fut pour lui 1988 : la veille de la demi-finale de l'Euro 88, que l'Irlande allait perdre, il apprenait que son amie était enceinte. Émigré de fraîche date en Allemagne, il savait qu'il ne rentrerait pas au pays, qu'il ne suivrait plus tous les matches de l'équipe irlandaise avec ses copains de toujours, et qu'il basculait définitivement dans l'âge adulte. A son fils de onze ans, mi-allemand, mi-irlandais, il raconte son enfance irlandaise, il dit la nostalgie de son pays, et la difficulté de vivre loin de ses racines. Également dans cet ouvrage : Le journal d'un poète, sélection de courts poèmes sur la vie quotidienne dans une petite bourgade irlandaise.

This is Dermot Bolger's latest poetry collection. Every night during a year of the recent Covid 19 lockdown Bolger took long walks through the streets of Dublin. During these walks he allowed his imagination free rein and these resulting poems revisit central events during his life and also reflect upon the lives of others.

The groundbreaking first modern novel to address the scandal of Irish Magdalene laundries when it was first published.

Dermot Bolger's superb new novella explores what changes in the human condition and what remains inalterably enduring.

A spellbinding novel based on a real-life rescue in 1943, when the crew of a neutral Irish ship rescued 168 drowning German sailors. A story of romance and war, where every experience is intense and dangerous.

A modernist novel of supreme stylistic innovation, this work is a towering achievement of twentieth-century literature. The narrative unfolds over a single day in Dublin, focusing on Leopold Bloom, his friends Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus, and his wife Molly, among a vibrant cast of characters. Written between 1914 and 1921, it has withstood bowdlerization, legal challenges, and controversy. Joyce blends Celtic lyricism with raw vulgarity, showcasing ceaseless verbal inventiveness and a wide array of allusions, establishing it as a monumental exploration of the human condition. Declan Kiberd notes that it serves as "an endlessly open book of utopian epiphanies," reflecting on Dublin's colonial past while offering glimpses of a potentially redemptive future. This edition presents the standard text first published in 1960. Joyce, born in Dublin in 1882, left for Paris at twenty, rebelling against his upbringing. Though he returned briefly to Ireland, Dublin remained central to his major works. He lived in poverty for much of his life, facing personal challenges, including his daughter's mental illness. If you appreciated this novel, you might also enjoy Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, available in Penguin Classics.

A stunning historical saga set in the early decades of the twentieth century which follows the lives and loves of one extraordinary family.

Written by a master story-teller, Tanglewood grows into an incisive dissection of Ireland in 2007, when - although these characters are unaware of it - the Celtic Tiger edifice is quietly imploding.

Seven of Irelands most accomplished female writers have crafted between them this delightfully entertaining novel. Featuring authors Maeve Binchy and Deirdre Purcell.