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Past Habitual: Stories
Paperback
Series: Irish Literature
Publisher Price: $13.95
ISBN13: 9781564781093
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Apr 13 2015
Pages: 95
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Childhood play, scarlet fever, a first kiss, befriending a Nazi spy--the narrative of Past Habitual roams through experiences both commonplace and formative, all under the uneasy canopy of wartime Ireland. Moving with ease between the voices of a young child, a German immigrant, an I.R.A member, and colloquial chatter, MacLochlainn forms a web of interactions that expose a century's tensions. A combination of traditional prose, poetry, monologue, and music, Past Habitual is an engaging and fascinating depiction of an Ireland struggling through the effects of war--both distant and on her doorstep.
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