Pale Green Light Orange

A Portrait of Bourgeois Ireland, 1930-1950

Nonfiction, History, British, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Pale Green Light Orange by Niall Rudd, The Lilliput Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Niall Rudd ISBN: 9781843514183
Publisher: The Lilliput Press Publication: January 1, 1993
Imprint: The Lilliput Press Language: English
Author: Niall Rudd
ISBN: 9781843514183
Publisher: The Lilliput Press
Publication: January 1, 1993
Imprint: The Lilliput Press
Language: English

The only child of a middle-class Methodist couple in suburban Clontarf, Niall Rudd attended High School, Dublin, 1936-9, Methodist College, Belfast, 1939-46 (its ground floor sand-bagged, its windows permanently blacked out), and completed his studies at Trinity College, Dublin, 1946-50. Suspended between several worlds-a Protestant in north Dublin; sole Southerner among Ulster-Scots in wartime Belfast; holiday-maker in Ballymoney, Wexford, where the emergency' and petrol-rationing preserves an idyll of repose; and member of a College transformed by the unexpected cosmopolitanism of Allied-forces veterans-the author's astringent eye informs and illuminates throughout this delightful memoir. These worlds provide the background to a number of humorous, affectionate, and satiric, pen-sketches relations, school-masters, rugby-players, academics and others who people a carefully lit canvas. This young Irish scholar and sportman's rite-of-passage from adolescence to maturity is rendered in a work of delicate scrupulosity which recreates the unhurried atmosphere of mid-century Ireland, and reflects the self-interrogation of its citizenry.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The only child of a middle-class Methodist couple in suburban Clontarf, Niall Rudd attended High School, Dublin, 1936-9, Methodist College, Belfast, 1939-46 (its ground floor sand-bagged, its windows permanently blacked out), and completed his studies at Trinity College, Dublin, 1946-50. Suspended between several worlds-a Protestant in north Dublin; sole Southerner among Ulster-Scots in wartime Belfast; holiday-maker in Ballymoney, Wexford, where the emergency' and petrol-rationing preserves an idyll of repose; and member of a College transformed by the unexpected cosmopolitanism of Allied-forces veterans-the author's astringent eye informs and illuminates throughout this delightful memoir. These worlds provide the background to a number of humorous, affectionate, and satiric, pen-sketches relations, school-masters, rugby-players, academics and others who people a carefully lit canvas. This young Irish scholar and sportman's rite-of-passage from adolescence to maturity is rendered in a work of delicate scrupulosity which recreates the unhurried atmosphere of mid-century Ireland, and reflects the self-interrogation of its citizenry.

More books from The Lilliput Press

Cover of the book The Boy in the Mask by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Belmont Castle by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book The Best of Resurgence by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Dreamtime by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Turtle Was Gone a Long Time Volume 3 by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book The Great Hunger by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Leila by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Wicked Little Joe by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Visiting Rwanda by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book The Kick by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Below Stairs by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Ireland and the New Architecture 1900-1940 by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book In the Land of Nod by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book The Elephant and the Polish Question by Niall Rudd
Cover of the book Grandmother and Wolfe Tone by Niall Rudd
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy