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The Wilderness
Henry Lawless is a young mystic visionary who retreats into a quiet valley to pursue a spiritual odyssey. Shortly after his arrival, the superficial peace that cloaked this glen is disturbed by his presence and activities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
195 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Liam O'Flaherty
128 books77 followersPeople know Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty especially for his short stories, collected in
Two Lovely Beasts
(1948) and
The Pedlar's Revenge
(1976).
This significant novelist, a major figure in the literary renaissance, also wrote short stories. Left-wing politics involved him as was his brother Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty (also a writer), and their father, Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, for a time.
This significant novelist, a major figure in the literary renaissance, also wrote short stories. Left-wing politics involved him as was his brother Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty (also a writer), and their father, Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, for a time.
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October 25, 2024
Liam O'Flaherty writes a book on the contemplation and frivolity of life through the two main dialects chosen by mankind: materialism, and godliness. The story unwinds in a small village seated in the fairy glen with a love interest and quirky, but often, ignorant villagers. Main characters include: Lawless, Dr. Stevens, Dillon, Mrs. Dillon, and Macanasa and they represent the following themes respectively: godliness and spirituality, materialism, life hinged on love, the ungrateful, and the ones who feel they have always been cheated.
O'Flaherty's writing is exquisite in creative description and language. The characters all appear to behave as proper individuals. Unfortunately, I have deducted stars because I believe he spent entirely too much time describing Lawless' emotions, emotions that seemed to change in an instant without any warning from sentence to sentence.
The ending was its saving grace. For this, it will remain on my bookshelf as a reference for further contemplation.
All in all, if you have a few hours to kill and are curious what old Irish sounds like in your mental voice, give it a shot.
But then again, maybe I missed the whole point of the book and O'Flaherty was just being political about land ownership.
O'Flaherty's writing is exquisite in creative description and language. The characters all appear to behave as proper individuals. Unfortunately, I have deducted stars because I believe he spent entirely too much time describing Lawless' emotions, emotions that seemed to change in an instant without any warning from sentence to sentence.
The ending was its saving grace. For this, it will remain on my bookshelf as a reference for further contemplation.
All in all, if you have a few hours to kill and are curious what old Irish sounds like in your mental voice, give it a shot.
But then again, maybe I missed the whole point of the book and O'Flaherty was just being political about land ownership.
January 2, 2022
This was cool because it was like a nice little period piece about land disputes and romance and also the main character would say stuff about how he would set his camp in heaven and become God.
Also liked that Dr. Stevens was living off of the money he made from developing a method for removing fish from cans.
Also liked that Dr. Stevens was living off of the money he made from developing a method for removing fish from cans.
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