ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2222
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Opening Hubert Butler`s book of essays is like discovering gold. He has all the essayists`s gifts: a clear, strong prose, a fascination with everyday affairs and their significance sub specie aeternitatis, a readiness to generalize, the ability to digress without wondering from the point, to inform without pedantry and enlighten without condescension, to give us pleasure simply by sharing his thoughts. `I have touched only on the provocative riches contained in this excellent book. It will be treasured by those who possess it.` - Hugh Bredin, Fortnight `I soon realized I had stumbled on an Irish talent of European stature.` - Chris Agee, The Linen Hall Review `Opening the contents page, one has an impression of disparateness; closing the book, of having discovered an ouvre ... Butler has the Anglo-Irish antennae for place; his unadorned style expresses atmosphere with extraordinary clarity.` - Roy Foster, The Times Literary Supplement `This is not a book to borrow. It is a book to keep. It is not only intelligent, urbane and scholarly. It is most entertaining.` - Liam Robinson, New Hibernia `Hubert Butler`s great figt is his ability to comprehend the workings of the mind of Catholic Ireland.` - Ulick O`Connor, Sunday Independent