Add Janine's nomination...i think there is already something i want to read from that list
The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker*
The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde*
Dubliners by James Joyce*
Watt by Samuel Beckett
The Master by Colm Tóibín
Father’s Music by Dermot Bolger
The Tain as translated by Cairan Carson
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Add Janine's nomination...i think there is already something i want to read from that list
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We have our 10 nominations for Ireland:
1. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker*
2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
3. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde*
4. Dubliners by James Joyce*
5. Watt by Samuel Beckett
6. The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge*
7. Father’s Music by Dermot Bolger
8. The Tain as translated by Cairan Carson
9. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
10. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
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I may actually go for the William Trevor. I've wanted to read him.
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Personally i think it would be very nice for everyone to read the Tain.It is Irelands epic after all. The earliest version of it to date is found in the Annuls of Ireland from circa 8th century AD. Its about the war between Ulster and Munster over a brown bull (of all things) and a battle between Irelands two greatest warrior, friends from childhood but unfortunate to be on opposite sides. Its a wonderful story.
If you like the Iliad, Oddessy, Beowolf and any Arthurian stuff, you should injoy this.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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I would have voted for Watt without looking at the other nominations, but you might have stolen my vote.Originally Posted by Niamh
Personally i think it would be very nice for everyone to read the Tain.
If you like the Iliad, Oddessy, Beowolf and any Arthurian stuff, you should injoy this.
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I'll consider it. We'll see.Personally i think it would be very nice for everyone to read the Tain.
If you like the Iliad, Oddessy, Beowolf and any Arthurian stuff, you should injoy this.
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Ooooh, I think I've even read this ! It was a prose version, though, so I guess not exactly the original... I remember I had great fun trying to pronounce the namesPersonally i think it would be very nice for everyone to read the Tain..
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Hahaha! Any problems with names and i'd be sure to help! The Irish Author Thomas Kinsella did a translation of it a couple of decades ago which i attempted to read but it was very heavy. Its the most famous of all irish stories, even Yeats wrote a few plays about the Tains and Ireland legendary hero Cuchulainn.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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The Tain for me!
And as we say in Brooklyn,''Up the Republic!''
I would suggest reading "Ulysses" before you read Portrait. I found it a much more enjoyable, and honestly easier read."The portrait of the artist as a young man" Joyce (i want to read Ulysses eventually. I have read the Dubliners and now i would like to read this one
I would have nominated Frank McCourt if I'd been on here earlier, I think he's just fantastic.
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Wow! Very Pariotic of you Hells!The Tain for me!
And as we say in Brooklyn,
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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Actually, I'm not Irish but love the culture nonetheless!
As for The Tain it will not be available until Feb 21. Therefore, if we read it, I won't be able to get it until very late in the discussion.
BTW, for St Patrick's Day I recommend the movie ''Man of Aran''. A genuine classic!!
I hadnt realised that it hadnt been released on amazon.com yet. You can get it on amazon.co.uk but with an end of feb release date thats okay seeing as the Ireland read isnt till march anyway. I hadnt stated slow man until after teh first week in January because i hadnt recieved it yet.
Actually that seems kind of fun to read a book in group thats still only "hot of the printing press"!
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"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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Since I am already reading this, I would like to change my nomination to The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.
So, the nominations thus far:
1. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker*
2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
3. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde*
4. Dubliners by James Joyce*
5. Watt by Samuel Beckett
6. The Master by Colm Tóibín
7. Father’s Music by Dermot Bolger
8. The Tain as translated by Cairan Carson
9. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
10. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
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can I nominate Artemis fowl then?
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