The Bogman
Published on 15. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-84840-105-1 (ISBN)
Description
Orphaned at a young age, Cahal Kinsella returns from Dublin to the small farming village of Caherlo to his tyrannical grandfather, and must assert his individuality if he is to have any hope of freedom from his misery. Walter Macken paints a haunting and memorable portrait of the hard life of subsistence farming, of loveless arranged marriages, and of rebellion against suffocating social mores. Originally written in 1952, New Island's Modern Irish Classics series brings this magical book back to life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84840-105-1 (9781848401051)
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Walter Macken was born on May 3rd, 1915, in Galway. Originally an actor, principally with the Tadhbhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in MJ Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. With the success of his third book, Rain on the Wind, he devoted his time to writing.' His plays include Mungo's Mansion (1946) and Home is the Hero (1952). His novels include Rain on the Wind, the trilogy Seek the Fair Land), The Silent People and The Scorching Wind, New Island republished his novel The Bogman(originally published in 1952), in 2011 as part of our Modern Irish Classics series. He also published a number of books for children, including Island of the Great Yellow Ox and Flight of the Doves, which was adapted for the cinema. He died in Galway on April 22, 1967.