Sebastian Barry Carries the Irish Torch
Sep 14, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Have you ever noticed that when it comes to great writers, Ireland seems to have had more than its fair share? Maybe it’s the difficult history, or the never ending pride for their beautiful island, but Ireland seems to be a country rife with storytellers. This week we have an Irish writer who has been nominated for the Booker Prize more than once…Sebastian Barry! His latest, Old God’s Time, is a lyrical and sprawling tale of Ireland and one man’s desperate struggle to make peace with the past. Pull up a chair by the fire and talk literature with a truly great Irish author, you will be glad you did.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry
Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry
The Poems of Catallus by Catallus
The Odyssey by Homer
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan
Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
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