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In this memoir of his childhood, O'Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. In A Runner among Falling Leaves, O'Driscoll has written a book that is lyrical, affecting, and at times darkly comical.
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Ciaran O'Driscoll was born in Co. Kilkenny and lives in Limerick. He has published eight books of poetry including Moving On, Still There: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press, 2001) and more recently Surreal Man, a chapbook of 21 poems (Pighog, 2006), and Vecchie Donne di Magione, a dual-language edition of poems in an Italian setting (Volumnia Editrice, 2006).
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.. at the heart of the book is a deeply affecting, traumatic relationship between father and son. His writing is terrifying and like no other memoir I have read. -- Thomas Kilroy At a time when we are in danger of losing ourselves in the forever "new" Ireland of today, this brave, honest book should not be missed. -- Gerald Dawe * Irish Times *
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- PublisherLiverpool University Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0853239479
- ISBN 13 9780853239475
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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