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I Could Read the Sky (Unabridged) by Timothy O'Grady

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I Could Read the Sky (Unabridged)

Author
Timothy O'Grady
Narrator
Timothy O'Grady
Publisher
Unbound
Publish Date
8 June 2023
Run Time
3 hours 43 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Narrative theme: Coming of age

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An old man lies alone and sleepless in London. Before dawn he is taken by an image from his childhood in the West of Ireland, and begins to remember a migrant's life. Haunted by the faces and the land he left behind, he calls forth the bars and boxing booths of England, the potato fields and building sites, the music he played and the woman he loved. Timothy O'Grady's tender, vivid prose and Steve Pyke's starkly beautiful photographs combine to make a unique work of fiction, an act of remembering suffused with loss, defiance and an unforgettable loveliness. An Irish life with echoes of the lives of unregarded migrant workers everywhere. Since it was first published in 1997, I Could Read the Sky has achieved the status of a classic. This audiobook is read by the author, with accompaniment on the fiddle by Martin Hayes.

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Details
Author
Timothy O'Grady
Narrator
Timothy O'Grady
Duration
3 hours 43 minutes
Release Date
8 June 2023
ISBN
9781800183063
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Unbound
Genre
Narrative theme: Coming of age

Synopsis

An old man lies alone and sleepless in London. Before dawn he is taken by an image from his childhood in the West of Ireland, and begins to remember a migrant's life. Haunted by the faces and the land he left behind, he calls forth the bars and boxing booths of England, the potato fields and building sites, the music he played and the woman he loved. Timothy O'Grady's tender, vivid prose and Steve Pyke's starkly beautiful photographs combine to make a unique work of fiction, an act of remembering suffused with loss, defiance and an unforgettable loveliness. An Irish life with echoes of the lives of unregarded migrant workers everywhere. Since it was first published in 1997, I Could Read the Sky has achieved the status of a classic. This audiobook is read by the author, with accompaniment on the fiddle by Martin Hayes.

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