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The dirty dust : Cré na Cille / Máirtín Ó Cadhain ; translated from Irish by Alan Titley.

by Cadhain, Máirtín Ó.

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Yale University Press, c2015.

Cemeteries -- Fiction.

Dead -- Fiction.

Ireland -- Fiction.

Irish language fiction -- Translations into English.

Margellos world republic of letters book.

Cré na Cille. English English.

xviii, 308 p. ; 21 cm.

"Originally published in Irish as Cré na Cille. Copyright c1949 by Sirsel agus Dill."

Translated from the Irish gaelic.

In The Dirty Dust all characters lie dead in their graves. This, however, does not impair their banter or their appetite for news of aboveground happenings from the recently arrived. Told entirely in dialogue, Ó Cadhain's daring novel listens in on the gossip, rumors, backbiting, complaining, and obsessing of the local community. In the afterlife, it seems, the same old life goes on beneath the sod. Only nothing can be done about it - apart from talk. In this merciless yet comical portrayal of a closely bound community, Ó Cadhain remains keenly attuned to the absurdity of human behavior, the lilt of Irish gab, and the nasty, deceptive magic of human connection.

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