Writers Of Ireland
Synopsis
What does it mean to be from this island, with its chequered history, its fierce independence, and an identity that is so strong yet so elusive ? The Irish refer to it as "Irishness ". With Avec Roddy Doyle, Robert Mcliam, Edna O'Brien and Colm Toibin.
To attempt a definition, and to try and pinpoint what binds this Irish nation, we take a trip to Ireland. Or rather to the Irelands – that of the North and that of the South – in the company of four major authors, Robert McLiam Wilson, the voice of the Catholic ghettos of Belfast ; Edna O'Brien, scrutineer of the depths of rural and Catholic Ireland ; Roddy Doyle, the writer of Dublin and its people ; and Colm Tóibín, the traveller. Bearing contrasting and complementary experiences of this "Irish being ", they ultimately pose the question of free attachment to a land, liberated from the weight of history, religion and nationalism, and driven simply by the recognition of a singular wit and eternal beauty.
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