Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "404 pages. Cover fadedReviews A visit to a ghost town will inevitably raise the question, "Why did everyone leave?" While "ghost towns" are most often associated in the American mind wi th the frontier West, this richly evocative novel details the pai nful demise of a tiny mountain village in rural Ireland. Told fro m the viewpoint of Father McGreevy, the devout, na?ve priest of a little flock, this is a tale of many conflicts: humans vs. envir onment, faith vs. superstition, and the cultural differences and suspicions that often deteriorate into fear and hatred between ne ighboring towns. If the conclusion is foregone, the story is stil l worth telling, and in his second novel O'Doherty (The Strange C ase of Mademoiselle P., LJ 5/1/92) tells it with exquisitely sugg estive detail. Highly recommended.�Kay Hogan, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib. What was the cause of the destruction of an Iri sh mountain village? In the fictive memoir that makes up the bulk of this book, the village's priest recounts the macabre events t hat began with the swift deaths of six women in the winter of 193 9, and ended with the village deserted, himself defrocked, others dead, rumors of men copulating with beasts and a man charged wit h murdering his own son. Father McGreevy vows to be "as honest a s I can in this deposition, and the word can't help but bring to mind the Deposition of Our Lord Himself from the Cross." Trying to explain what he has seen, he draws on Catholic theology, Irish history and folklore and Irish-language literature. Are his pari shioners victims of S� (vengeful Irish spirits)? Of the forces fi ghting in WWII? Of an angry God seeking a sacrificial lamb? The f ictitious London editor William Maginn introduces Father McGreevy 's manuscript in a prologue set in the 1950s; in two concluding c hapters, Maginn interviews the disaster's aged survivors, climbs the mountain where it all happened and meditates on Irish history . O'Doherty (The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P.) works overtime with local color, pathos and religious symbolism in this elaborat ely constructed homage and elegy to rural, Gaelic Ireland. Lamb ( or scapegoat) symbols are everywhere, and Maginn�who annotates Mc Greevy's account�can be all too eager to help us interpret: "The dead village, with its lost memories, reached back to similar de solations. " McGreevy's own style veers between believable dia lect and over-the-top stage-Irish ("It was grand to be out in Go d's good air those summer days that went on forever"). His first -person narration can be hard to take: "`Is it talking to me you are, Father?' I hit her on the head with a heavy hand. I couldn' t help it." Readers will surely enjoy the history and myth O'Doh erty spins out here, however, and the harrowing plot he imagines. (May)". Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 2011r

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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 404 pages. Reviews A visit to a ghost town will inevitably r aise the question, Why did everyone leave? While ghost towns are most often associated in the American mind with the frontier West , this richly evocative novel details the painful demise of a tin y mountain village in rural Ireland. Told from the viewpoint of F ather McGreevy, the devout, na?ve priest of a little flock, this is a tale of many conflicts: humans vs. environment, faith vs. su perstition, and the cultural differences and suspicions that ofte n deteriorate into fear and hatred between neighboring towns. If the conclusion is foregone, the story is still worth telling, and in his second novel O'Doherty (The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P., LJ 5/1/92) tells it with exquisitely suggestive detail. Highl y recommended.�Kay Hogan, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib. Wh at was the cause of the destruction of an Irish mountain village? In the fictive memoir that makes up the bulk of this book, the v illage's priest recounts the macabre events that began with the s wift deaths of six women in the winter of 1939, and ended with th e village deserted, himself defrocked, others dead, rumors of men copulating with beasts and a man charged with murdering his own son. Father McGreevy vows to be as honest as I can in this deposi tion, and the word can't help but bring to mind the Deposition of Our Lord Himself from the Cross. Trying to explain what he has s een, he draws on Catholic theology, Irish history and folklore an d Irish-language literature. Are his parishioners victims of S� ( vengeful Irish spirits)? Of the forces fighting in WWII? Of an an gry God seeking a sacrificial lamb? The fictitious London editor William Maginn introduces Father McGreevy's manuscript in a prolo gue set in the 1950s; in two concluding chapters, Maginn intervie ws the disaster's aged survivors, climbs the mountain where it al l happened and meditates on Irish history. O'Doherty (The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P.) works overtime with local color, pathos and religious symbolism in this elaborately constructed homage a nd elegy to rural, Gaelic Ireland. Lamb (or scapegoat) symbols ar e everywhere, and Maginn�who annotates McGreevy's account�can be all too eager to help us interpret: The dead village, with its lo st memories, reached back to similar desolations. McGreevy's o wn style veers between believable dialect and over-the-top stage- Irish (It was grand to be out in God's good air those summer days that went on forever). His first-person narration can be hard to take: Is it talking to me you are, Father?' I hit her on the hea d with a heavy hand. I couldn't help it. Readers will surely enjo y the history and myth O'Doherty spins out here, however, and the harrowing plot he imagines. (May). Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 720b

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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Second Edition. 404 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 155507

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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Good. In a London pub in the 1950s, editor William Maginn is intrigued by a reference to the reputedly shameful demise of a remote mountain village in Kerry, Ireland, where he was born. Maginn returns to Kerry and uncovers an astonishing tale: both the account of the destruction of a place and a way of life which once preserved Ireland's ancient traditions, and the tragedy of an increasingly isolated village where the women mysteriously die-leaving the priest, Father McGreevy, to cope with insoluble problems. Looking back in time, the book traces how, as World War II rages through Europe, McGreevy struggles to preserve what remains of his parish, and struggles against the rough mountain elements, the grief and superstitions of his people, and the growing distrust in the town below. The Deposition of Father McGreevy is a remarkable story, and a gripping exploration of both the locus of misfortune and the nature of evil. Rich in the details of Irish lore and life, its narrative evokes both a time and a place with the accuracy of a keen, unsentimental eye, and renders its characters with heartfelt depth. 404 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 1438292

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