Books from Ireland
196 popular irish books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Ireland.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann EN
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'A wow of a novel - rich, humane, brilliantly written anda as deep as it is wide' The Times 'An astonishing balancing act by a great writer prepared to take risks. A book to treasure' Daily Mail ________________________ New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan, a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled youn... continue
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Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy EN
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Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous Irish O'Connors. It is the beginning of an unshakeable bond between Elizabeth and Aislind O'Connor which will survive twenty years. The author tells the story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in friendship.
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Los muertos es un relato del escritor irlandés James Joyce, incluido en su colección Dublineses, Es el más extenso y elaborado de los quince relatos que componen Dublineses, siendo considerado además el más significativo literariamente de todos.
La historia se presenta inicialmente como un festejo con baile llevado a cabo en una casa dublinesa. Sin embargo, el tema de fondo de la historia es la muerte. La muerte de seres amados lleva a los personajes a la retrospección en sus vidas, sobre todo a través de la figura de Gretta Conroy. En relaci&o... continue
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Love and Summer by William Trevor EN
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The inimitable William Trevor returns with a story of suspicion, guilt, forbidden love and the possibility of starting over. It’s summer, and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesn’t go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger begins photographing the mourners at Mrs. Connulty’s funeral. Florian Kilderry couldn’t know that the Connultys were said to own half the town. But Miss Connulty resolves to keep an eye on Florian … and she becomes a witness to the ensuing events. In a characteristically masterful way, Trevor evokes the passions and frustrations in an Irish town during one long ... continue
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Madam Crowl's Ghost : And Other Stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu EN
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In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Storiesare tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in The Dublin University Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.'
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Making Sense of the Troubles : A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict by David McKittrick, David McVea EN
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First published ten years ago, Making Sense of the Troubles is widely regarded as the most 'comprehensive, considered and compassionate' (Irish Times) history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Written by a distinguished journalist and a teacher of history in Northern Ireland, it surveys the roots of the problems from 1921 onwards, the descent into violence in the late 60s, and the three terrible decades that followed. McKittrick and McVea have now fully updated the book to take into account the momentous events of the last ten years, including the disbanding of the IRA, Ian Paisley's deal w... continue
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Mala sangre : peregrinación a lo largo de la frontera irlandesa by Colm Tóibín ES
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En el verano posterior al Acuerdo Angloirlandés, cuando la tensión estaba en su punto máximo en Irlanda del Norte, Colm Toibn viajó a lo largo de la frontera irlandesa desde Derry a Newry. Bad Blood es un relato crudo y evocador de este viaje a través del miedo y el odio, y el legado de la historia en un paisaje desolado. Colm Toibn describe los rituales, las marchas, los funerales y las manifestaciones que observaron ambas comunidades a lo largo de la frontera, y escucha las historias que atormentan a ambos lados. Con simpatía y perspicacia, Bad Blood... continue
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Michael Collins by Tim Pat Coogan EN
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When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' And in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true - Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking political assassination. So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on. This authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were mat... continue
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Cites varied cases which substantiate belief in the supernatural acts recorded in the Bible.
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A deceptively low-key glance at love and death, from the acclaimed young author of the Booker-longlisted and Costa-shortlisted Normal People and Conversations with Friends.