Sunset on the Window-Panes - Softcover

Macken, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447269322 ISBN 13: 9781447269328

Publisher: Policy Press, 2014

Synopsis

Careless of the hurts he inflicts along the way, Bart O'Breen walks his own road, as proud as the devil and as lonely as hell. In the Galway village of Boola, Bart O'Breen is a strong wilful young man who leaves trouble and harm in his wake. As always in a novel by Walter Macken, there is a host of memorable secondary characters, and an unfailing accuracy and warmth in the depiction of the life of the "plain people" of the west of Ireland. One of Walter Macken's finest novels, Sunset on the Window-Panes is a moving and memorable story of Irish life.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967.

Review:

In his company, to use a fine phrase of Yeats, brightness falls from the air. Newcastle Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1447269322
• ISBN 13: 9781447269328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286