Graveyard clay - cré na cille: a narrative in ten interludes

✍ Scribed by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

• Book ID: 100375375
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 435 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Ireland
• ISBN-13: 9780901374011
• ASIN: B01CESQNJM

✦ Synopsis

In critical opinion and popular polls, Máirtín Ó Cadhain’sGraveyard Clayis invariably ranked the most important prose work in modern Irish. This bold new translation of his radically originalCré na Cilleis the shared project of two fluent speakers of the Irish of Ó Cadhain’s native region, Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson. They have achieved a lofty goal: to convey Ó Cadhain’s meaning accuratelyandto meet his towering literary standards.

Graveyard Clayis a novel of black humor, reminiscent of the work of Synge and Beckett. The story unfolds entirely in dialogue as the newly dead arrive in the graveyard, bringing news of recent local happenings to those already confined in their coffins. Avalanches of gossip, backbiting, flirting, feuds, and scandal-mongering ensue, while the absurdity of human nature becomes ever clearer. This edition of Ó Cadhain’s masterpiece is enriched with footnotes, bibliography, publication and reception history, and other materials that invite further study and deeper enjoyment of his most engaging and challenging work.

✦ Subjects

20th Century