The Poor Mouth - Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien)
Product Information The Poor Mouth - Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) Translated by Patrick C. Power Illustrated by Ralph Steadman The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland equally renowned for its beauty and the abject poverty of its residents. Potatoes constitute the basis of his family's daily fare, and they share both bed and board with the sheep and pigs. A scathing satire on the Irish, this work brought down on the author's head the full wrath of those who saw themselves as the custodians of Irish language and tradition when it was first published in Gaelic in 1941. This softcover volume was published by Picador in 1979. It has a reading crease along the spine, some shelfwear and some scuffing to the cover. It also has a date inside.
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