Description: Horseman, Pass By! by Michel Déon, Clíona ní Riordáin Déons Horseman, Pass By! is an elegant memoir about a beautiful landscape and its inhabitants and forms a touching and amusing tribute to his adopted country. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description These reflective essays about Déons life and experiences in the west of Ireland describe the colourful and varied personalities that the French novelist has come across since he and his family moved there in the mid 1970s. From his friendship with John McGahern and Ulick OConnor to Tim, the sturdy old postman who prefers his wind-blown country round to retirement in sunny California, Horseman, Pass By! is peopled with fascinating characters and encounters. Taking its title from Yeats, this work is an affectionate portrait of the Irish and a lament for a fading country that has been changed by new wealth and altered values. Déons Horseman, Pass By! is an elegant memoir about a beautiful landscape and its inhabitants and forms a touching and amusing tribute to his adopted country. Author Biography Michel Déon was a novelist and distinguished member of Academie Francaise who lived in Galway from 1976. He is best known as author of The Purple Taxi, which became a film in 1977 starring Fred Astaire, Charlotte Rampling and Peter Ustinov, introducing the French public to the glories of Connemara. Horseman Pass By! was originally published by Gallimard in 2005 and is now available for the first time in English. Review Déon makes the poet, his life, his works, the absolute epicentre of an intimate wandering. Compass point in place, he traces around him the circle of rosettes of a long walk … We are touched. Conquered. —Le Monde Country houses in the rain, Yeats stanzas – as always, the writer excels at mixing humour and seriousness. —Le Figaro Magazine Horseman, Pass By! is filled with nostalgia, with humour, with colour, with ghosts. It is a declaration of love for Ireland. —Le Magazine LitteraireHorseman, Pass By! is filled with nostalgia, with humour, with colour, with ghosts. It is a declaration of love for Ireland. * Le Magazine Litteraire * Details ISBN1843517086 Pages 160 Publisher The Lilliput Press Ltd ISBN-10 1843517086 ISBN-13 9781843517085 Format Paperback Language English Imprint The Lilliput Press Ltd Place of Publication Dublin Country of Publication Ireland Translated from French Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-01-01 UK Release Date 2017-01-01 Author Clíona ní Riordáin Translator Clíona ní Riordáin DEWEY 843.914 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102054557;
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