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| Nine stories, translated by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, in 1981 made accessible for the first time to an English speaking readership exquisite masterpieces of Ó Cadhain's writings. |
Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)
Tuesday, February 07, 2023
Beers & Books CCLXXXIX – The Road to Brightcity
Monday, February 06, 2023
Mo(o)nday Poetry
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| Colmena iVivimos en celdas de cristal, en colmena de aire! Nos besamos a través de cristal. iMaravillosa cárcel, cuya puerta es la luna! - - - Beehive We live in cells of crystal in a beehive of air! We are kissing each other through crystal.* Wonderful prison, the door of which is the moon! |
Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)
Sunday, February 05, 2023
Beers & Books CCLXXXVIII – An Eochair / The Key
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| A mixture of kafka-esque satire, farce, black comedy and tragedy. |
Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)
Saturday, February 04, 2023
Friday, February 03, 2023
Thursday, February 02, 2023
Our Civilisation
"Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence."James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941)
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Beers & Books CCLXXXVI – Diary of a Bookseller
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| Thursday, 24 April An elderly customer told me that her book club's next book was Dracula, but she could not remember what he'd written. |
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Saturday Night Music – Gulda plays Mozart
Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)
Monday, January 23, 2023
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Friday, January 20, 2023
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