Remembering How we Stood

Bohemian Dublin at the Mid-Century

Nonfiction, History, Ireland, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Remembering How we Stood by John Ryan, The Lilliput Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Ryan ISBN: 9781843512356
Publisher: The Lilliput Press Publication: September 1, 2011
Imprint: The Lilliput Press Language: English
Author: John Ryan
ISBN: 9781843512356
Publisher: The Lilliput Press
Publication: September 1, 2011
Imprint: The Lilliput Press
Language: English

With a foreword by J.P. Donleavy. The best book about literary Dublin ever written' - FRANK DELANEY. Edna O'Brien chose John Ryan's memoirs as her Observer Book of the Year in 1975, describing it as a fine and loving account of literary Dublin in the golden fifties', which purrs with life and anecdote'. This classic evocation of the period 1945-55 celebrates a city and its personalities - Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh, Myles na gCopaleen (Flann O'Brien), as well as Pope' O'Mahony, Gainor Crist the original Ginger Man, and others - a remarkable group who were to revitalize post-war literature in Ireland. As friend, publisher and fellow artist, Ryan paints a vivid picture of this ebullient, fertile milieu: No more singular body of characters will ever rub shoulders again at any given time, or a city more uniquely bizarre than literary Dublin will ever be seen.' As one reads his words, dressed in their wonderful finery of irony, the world he speaks of reblossoms to be back again awhile. To see, feel and smell the Dublin of that day; a masterpiece of reminiscence' - from the foreword by J.P. Donleavy

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

With a foreword by J.P. Donleavy. The best book about literary Dublin ever written' - FRANK DELANEY. Edna O'Brien chose John Ryan's memoirs as her Observer Book of the Year in 1975, describing it as a fine and loving account of literary Dublin in the golden fifties', which purrs with life and anecdote'. This classic evocation of the period 1945-55 celebrates a city and its personalities - Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh, Myles na gCopaleen (Flann O'Brien), as well as Pope' O'Mahony, Gainor Crist the original Ginger Man, and others - a remarkable group who were to revitalize post-war literature in Ireland. As friend, publisher and fellow artist, Ryan paints a vivid picture of this ebullient, fertile milieu: No more singular body of characters will ever rub shoulders again at any given time, or a city more uniquely bizarre than literary Dublin will ever be seen.' As one reads his words, dressed in their wonderful finery of irony, the world he speaks of reblossoms to be back again awhile. To see, feel and smell the Dublin of that day; a masterpiece of reminiscence' - from the foreword by J.P. Donleavy

More books from The Lilliput Press

Cover of the book Mushroom.Man by John Ryan
Cover of the book Changing the Times by John Ryan
Cover of the book Overnight to Innsbruck by John Ryan
Cover of the book Beckett's Friendship by John Ryan
Cover of the book North of Naples, South of Rome by John Ryan
Cover of the book Annals of the Famine in Ireland by John Ryan
Cover of the book As I Rode by Granard Moat by John Ryan
Cover of the book Mary Carbery's West Cork Journal by John Ryan
Cover of the book Breakfast the Night Before by John Ryan
Cover of the book Skelligs Calling by John Ryan
Cover of the book 'Solitary and Wild' by John Ryan
Cover of the book The World of Mary O'Connell 1778-1836 by John Ryan
Cover of the book Trinity Tales by John Ryan
Cover of the book Joycean Murmoirs by John Ryan
Cover of the book Grandmother and Wolfe Tone by John Ryan
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