World literature tour: Ireland
It’s a vote, a world tour of literature with people voting for works of literature for each country. The comments section is overwhelming (also, I am happy to note – intelligent, polite, passionate – it’s safe for those of us who actually want to listen and talk, rather than bitch and moan and attack others) !! Seriously – so exciting and refreshing. I’ve read much of the choices – but not all (much of the modern stuff I’ve not read – which I’ve been trying to rectify) – so I’m almost getting nervous taking notes on stuff I need to read, and nodding vigorously in agreement with certain choices, etc.
I post such things for my father mainly (he’ll be pleased to see this comment: “John McGahern’s That They May Face the Rising Sun‘ – is possibly the most important modern Irish novel: it is a wonderful evocation of the ordinary and of the beauty of the ordinary.”) – but also for those of you who love books.
Oh, I’m kind of oblivious to Irish literature I have to confess…well, I know it’s about time that I read some of the “basics”, but I’m just too lazy, or whatever it is…
So thanks for the link and I also enjoyed the page on New Zealand – some very good choices in the commments there!