Audiobook7 hours
The Book of the Gaels
Written by James Yorkston
Narrated by James Yorkston
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Rural West Cork, Ireland. Two Kids, Joseph and Paul, and their struggling, poet father, Fraser, are battling grief and poverty. When a letter arrives with a summons to Dublin and the promise of publication, it offers a chink of light - the hope of rescue. But Dublin is a long, wet and hungry way from West Cork in the mid-70s, especially when they have no money - just the clothes they stand up in and an old, battered suitcase.
So begins an almost anti-roadtrip of flipsides and contradictions - dreams and nightmares, promises and disappointments, generosity and meanness, unconditional love and shocking neglect.
In simple, beautiful, lyrical prose, James Yorkston's new novel takes us on that trip, as seen through the eyes of a brave and resourceful but poor and frightened child. It tells of the emptying, paralysing pain of grief and loss, tempered only by the hope of rescue and the redemption of parental love. It also tells of Fraser's love for his children's dead mother, as hidden within the battered suitcase is Fraser's heart-breaking collection of poems - The Book of the Gaels.
So begins an almost anti-roadtrip of flipsides and contradictions - dreams and nightmares, promises and disappointments, generosity and meanness, unconditional love and shocking neglect.
In simple, beautiful, lyrical prose, James Yorkston's new novel takes us on that trip, as seen through the eyes of a brave and resourceful but poor and frightened child. It tells of the emptying, paralysing pain of grief and loss, tempered only by the hope of rescue and the redemption of parental love. It also tells of Fraser's love for his children's dead mother, as hidden within the battered suitcase is Fraser's heart-breaking collection of poems - The Book of the Gaels.
Author
James Yorkston
James Yorkston is a singer-songwriter and author from the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Since signing to Domino Records in 2001, James has released a steady flow of highly acclaimed albums worldwide. James’ debut novel 3 Craws (2016), has been studied in schools and colleges in the UK and America.
Related to The Book of the Gaels
Related audiobooks
Lala Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Wanderers: A History of Women Walking Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCraic Baby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMother of All Pigs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To the Forest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Slowworm's Song Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMirror of the Darkest Night (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the Forest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMister Monkey: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCare of Wooden Floors: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beauty Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mirror, Shoulder, Signal: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5My Good Son: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5She: Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wait, Blink Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Illusion of Simple Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Broken River Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Man Who Walked Away Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cygnet: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cold Song Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerica Was Hard to Find: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFalling Hour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlum Rains Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Literary Fiction For You
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Poisonwood Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yellowface: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anxious People: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Book of the Gaels
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews