The Street & Other Stories - Softcover

Adams, Gerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568332165 ISBN 13: 9781568332161

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart, 2000

Synopsis

One of the world's best-known political figures shares stories that reveal the humanity and indomitable spirit of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events. The moving accounts of the fictional characters in these eighteen short stories are set against the political turmoil of Gerry Adams' native Belfast.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerry Adams is the President of Sinn F é in. Along with John Hume of the SDLP, he is the architect of the Hume-Adams Initiative that is the basis of the current peace process in Northern Ireland. He is the author of several other books including: Free Ireland: Towards a Lasting Peace, Falls Memories, and An Irish Voice all published by Roberts Rinehart. He lives in West Belfast.

Review:

A serious art. It is a good bet that James Joyce would read Gerry Adams' short stories to learn about souls in Belfast as the world reads Dubliners. (James Clarity, of the New York Times Writing In The Irish Independent)

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is a natural storyteller. (Irish Echo)

He writes convincingly and with compassion...The warmth of Adams' writing comes from the affection of a man for the remembered things of the past. (Times Literary Supplement)

Adams has a lively style, and the vernacular of West Belfast rings true...The book provides an insight into a side of life often only glimpsed―and provides a challenging perspective. (The Belfast Telegraph)

About this edition

• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1568332165
• ISBN 13: 9781568332161
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 145