On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth cent
On an Irish island
โ Scribed by Kanigel, Robert
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
viii, 320 p. : 25 cm
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On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth cent