The Islander by Tomás O'Crohan

The Islander

Tomás O'Crohan with David Sowby (Translator), Garry Bannister (Translator)

314 pages first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir reflective slow-paced
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This superb account of life on the Great Blasket Island off the west coast of Kerry, written as the nineteenth century draws to its close and the dawn of a new era trespasses on the lives of its small community, is both a shocking and captivating ...

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Moods

informative 100%
reflective 100%
adventurous 66%
dark 33%
emotional 33%
funny 33%
hopeful 33%
inspiring 33%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Average rating

3.79

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