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- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
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In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85 years old and with failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city on the cusp of great change. Belfast in the 1830s was a city in flux. Industrialisation had led to an increase in commerce and the rapid swell of the population as workers flocked to the newly created jobs. Gilbert, a young man with prospects, begins work with the Ballast Office, looking after Belfast Port. Beneath the shadow of the Harland & Wolff shipyard Gilbert explores this ever expanding and exciting city whilst becoming aware of the political undertones and the sectarian tensions that still brew beneath its respectable veneer. In a city that still resonates with the legacy of the 1798 Rebellion Gilbert begins to question the injustices that he sees. When he meets Maria, a Polish barmaid, he is drawn into a love affair that will drive him to make a stand against those he sees as harming the city that he loves.
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The Mill for Grinding Old People Young, Glenn Patterson
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2013
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura),
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- Titolo
- The Mill for Grinding Old People Young
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Glenn Patterson
- Editore
- Faber & Faber
- Pubblicato
- 2013
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0571281850
- ISBN13
- 9780571281855
- Serie
- Tag
- Amore, Irlanda, Auto-conoscenza, Letteratura irlandese, Metamorfosi, Esilio, Immigrazione, Irlanda del Nord, Belfast
- Descrizione
- In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85 years old and with failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city on the cusp of great change. Belfast in the 1830s was a city in flux. Industrialisation had led to an increase in commerce and the rapid swell of the population as workers flocked to the newly created jobs. Gilbert, a young man with prospects, begins work with the Ballast Office, looking after Belfast Port. Beneath the shadow of the Harland & Wolff shipyard Gilbert explores this ever expanding and exciting city whilst becoming aware of the political undertones and the sectarian tensions that still brew beneath its respectable veneer. In a city that still resonates with the legacy of the 1798 Rebellion Gilbert begins to question the injustices that he sees. When he meets Maria, a Polish barmaid, he is drawn into a love affair that will drive him to make a stand against those he sees as harming the city that he loves.