The Irish famine
Tóibı́n, Colm, 1955-1999
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The Great Irish Famine was a disaster hard to comprehend - two million people emigrated between 1846 and 1855. It seems strange that the famine barely appears in Irish poetry or literature. This book studies the way it was remembered and recorded.
Main title:
The Irish famine / Colm Tóibı́n.
Imprint:
London : Profile, 1999.
Collation:
91p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Notes:
Published in association with the London Review of Books.Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91).
ISBN:
9781861971449 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
535483