The Star Factory
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Book Overview
An account of growing up in Belfast and diving down the wormhole of memory into the parallel universes where religion, politics and the sad magic of dying shipyards take manifold forms. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1559704659
ISBN13:9781559704656
Release Date:September 1998
Publisher:Arcade Publishing
Length:295 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.6" x 7.9"
Related Subjects
Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History England Ethnic & National Europe Fiction Historical History Ireland Irish Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Memoirs Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Scotland Wales World LiteratureCustomer Reviews
2 ratings
Magical prose
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I was led to this book via Partickane's list of contemporary Irish literature on .... Partially a memoir, partially a meditation on language and history, and not quite like anything I have ever read before. Carson's prose style is lyrical, melodic and absolutely engaging without being in the least showy.
A masterful playground of language and memory
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
As unlikely as the link may seem, Cairan Carson is to Belfast and traditional Irish music what Nathanial Mackey is to California and jazz.Carson's memoire of life as an adolescent in Belfast is ripe ground for etymological meanderings in an out of English and Irish. He dally's with Catholic dogma and sources whose only connective thread is his passing interest in them.The Star Factory is an internal play of language, image and memory that gives spunk to the genre and good craic to the reader.
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