The dregs of the day / Máirtín Ó Cadhain ; translated from the Irish by Alan Titley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Cadhain, Máirtín, author.

Contributor:

Titley, Alan, translator.

Series:

Margellos world republic of letters book

A Margellos world republic of letters book

Standardized Title:

Fuíoll Fuine. English

Language:

English

Irish

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Fiction.

Ireland.

Widowers--Fiction.

Widowers.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 127 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

[New Haven, Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

Translated from the Irish.

Summary:

This novella follows a widower as he attempts to plan his wife's funeral arrangements without money, direction, or whiskey. Thrown into a desert of unknowing, he knows not where to turn or what to do. In a poignant meditation on regret, possibilities, maybes, and avoidances, the author portrays a man hopelessly watching as the people in the world go about their lives around him. With black humor sprinkled throughout, the book, a profound look at psychic loss and puzzlement by a writer at the height of his powers, illustrates Ó Cadhain's conviction that tragedy and comedy are inextricably connected.

Contents:

Translator's introduction

The Dregs of the day.

Notes:

"Originally published in Irish as Fuíoll Fuine, Sáirséal & Dill, Dublin, 1970."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9780300242775

0300242778

OCLC:

1089559491

Publisher Number:

99982130770