The Feast: A Dramatic Retelling of Ireland's Epic Tale (Ulster Cycle)

Eickhoff, Randy Lee

ISBN 10: 0312872992 / ISBN 13: 9780312872991

Published by Forge Books, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Feast: A Dramatic Retelling of Ireland's Epic Tale (Ulster Cycle)
• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312872992
• ISBN 13: 9780312872991
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Feast is a modern translation of Fled Bricrend, one of Ireland's most thrilling and humorous legends. Three men, each striving to be named Champion of Conchobor's realm, enter into a battle of wits and words in an effort to enjoy the privileges accorded to the national champion. As the heroic competition unfolds, visits to and from the otherworld threaten to unmask the true nature of the gathering. and at the center remains Bricriu, god of mischief and creator of the most delicious and devilish banquet the world has ever seen.

About the Author

Randy Lee Eickhoff holds several graduate degrees, including a Ph.D. in Classics. He lives in El Paso, Texas where he works on translations in several languages, poetry, plays, and novels of which two have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His translation of Ireland's national epic is now a text in not only schools in the United States, but countries overseas as well. His nonfiction work on the Tigua Indians, Exiled, won the Southwest History Award. He has been inducted into the Paso Del Norte Writers Hall of Fame, the local chapter of the Texas Institute of Arts and Letters. He spends his time in El Paso, Ireland, and Italy, lecturing on Dante and The Ulster Cycle.