Yes, there's Bram Stoker also.Originally Posted by Niamh
There is after all more to Irish Literature than Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, and Shaw. (i know very cheeky of me!)
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
Yes, there's Bram Stoker also.There is after all more to Irish Literature than Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, and Shaw. (i know very cheeky of me!
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Probably not!I was thinking of a play called "Observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme" by Frank MacGuinness but if it be prefared to keep this for novels only than i would vote for At Swim Two Birds by Flann O'Brian
There is after all more to Irish Literature than Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, and Shaw. (i know very cheeky of me!I thought you were going to nominate "The Playboy of the Western World" by Synge. Remember we were trying to get a reading group on it once. OK, I'll nominate it then.
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the two i mentioned in my post are very good. I've never read at Swim before so if Observe the sons of ulster is accepted as my nomination i'd highly suggest that someone else suggest it.....
Are you much of a fan of his Dori?Yes, there's Bram Stoker also.
I really liked his book The Snakes Pass.
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Oh god! I just thought of another good book! Utterly Monkey by Nick Laird!
This is too tough!!!!
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I wouldn't call myself a fan -- yet. I've read very little from him. Hence why I nominated one of his books. I would have nominated Dracula, but I saw the book club had already read it. Thus, I went with what is considered to be "second-best".Are you much of a fan of his Dori?
I really liked his book The Snakes Pass.
I figure the more times I mention the author of my nomination, the more it will be imprinted into your minds, and as a result, the more likely you will vote for my nomination in the end.
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Nominations so far:
1. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
3. The portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce
4. Dubliners by James Joyce
5. Watt by Samuel Beckett
6. The Playboy of the Western World by Synge
Last edited by papayahed; 01-02-2008 at 09:47 PM.
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My god! Six nominations already!Right okay, i better put a nomination in.....
I'm going with...?
A long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Way-Seb...9353544&sr=1-9
Last edited by Niamh; 01-03-2008 at 05:46 AM.
"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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My nomination will be Father’s Music by Dermot Bolger.
Hi. Happy New Year!
I would like to nominate The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. The book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award in 2002; and it is No.29 on the list of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die."
Last edited by bouquin; 01-03-2008 at 11:15 AM.
Hi. Happy New Year!
I would like to nominate The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. The book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award in 2002; and it is No.29 on the list of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die."
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
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Ohoh! Please dont kill me!!! But can i change my nomination to The Tain as translated by Cairan Carson?this is that last time i promise! (just too much to choose from and i only remembered on my way home that i had wanted to nominate this months ago when ireland was selected as one of the countries for the year. And its on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tain-Penguin...9395423&sr=1-1
I love those books!!
"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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I would like to nominate a play by Oscar Wilde ~ Lady Windermere's Fan
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
oh i think Artemis Fowl makes ten nominations aready. Is that a record? two days?
"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
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Papaya i'd like to withdraw my nomination. I didn't know that this was done before, and even though you say that i can nominate it, i want to withdraw it nevertheless (it'd be boring for people who have read this before and won't participate and i wouldn't like to hijack the ireland reading).
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The nominations are:
1. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
3.
4. Dubliners by James Joyce
5. Watt by Samuel Beckett
6. The Playboy of the Western World by 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
Manolia - since you withdrew your nomination you can choose to nominate another. If not Janine's nomination will be added.
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