Connemara

"Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom" is the triumphant conclusion to Tim Robinson's extraordinary Connemara trilogy, which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. Robinson writes about the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer. From the man who has been praised in the highest terms by Joseph O'Connor ("Robinson writes with passion, grace and scholarly scruple, but also with extraordinary beauty"), John Burnside ("one of the finest of contemporary prose stylists") and Giles Foden ("an indubitable classic"), among many others, this is one of the publishing events of 2011 and the conclusion of one of the great literary projects of our time.

ISBN 1844882373   Pages 432 ISBN13 9781844882373 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 705 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Published in London Imprint Penguin Ireland   Height (mm) 240 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 162 Publication date 01 Sep 2011   Spine width (mm) 38 DEWEY 941.74   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

Simply one of the best non-fiction prose writers currently at work. -- Fintan O'Toole Irish Times One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English -- Robert Macfarlane Spectator

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