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mbenshirreffs's review
3.0
Synge wrote a lovely, almost "sweet" account of his time in the Aran Islands. He used short vignettes -- sometimes a sentence long -- and a concise, elegant use of words to capture a beautiful sense of place. He had an outsider's condescending tone, which is not surprising given the times in which he was writing (early 1900s), but his affection for the people and their land seemed clearly real.
elemmakil's review
4.0
Kirja on täynnä upeaa kuvausta elämästä karuilla Arán-saarilla 1800-luvun lopussa. Saaret ovat yksi vaikuttavimmista paikoista, joissa olen ollut, ja tämä kirja herätti taas kiinnostuksen mennä leiriytymään pitemmäksi aikaa saarille.
r0binflower's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
kingkong's review
2.0
I like that he thought the folktales the locals were telling him were crappy as well
mayusteapot's review
5.0
This book is so wonderful. It made me miss the awesome nature at the Aran Islands and the curious nature of the people there and Ireland generally.
oldpondnewfrog's review against another edition
5.0
It was pretty universally fascinating to go armchair traveling with Mr. Synge, who shares my curiosity toward the (presumably superior) traditional practices of living, to these remote backwater islands where the wind and sea are felt daily.
"Whisper, noble person," he began, "do you never be thinking on the young girls? The time I was a young man, the divil a one of them could I look on without wishing to marry her."
"Ah, Mourteen," I answered, "it's great wonder you'd be asking me. What at all do you think of me yourself?"
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