Rory & Ita
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.17 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0001OOTRK |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise for Roddy Doyle:“Doyle’s brilliant use of dialogue and the first person narrative to get inside the skin of his subjects ranks him as one of the best Irish writers of his time.” -- The London Free Press“Doyle’s remarkable strength as a writer includes his ability to take the hardscrabble realities of Irish life, highlight its casual cruelties and kindnesses, inject the country’s trademark black humour, and weave it all into a coherent tale that resonates to readers elsewhere.” -- Maclean’s“Roddy Doyle has a magnificent gift for taking the ordinary and giving it life.” -- Calgary Herald“Roddy Doyle is a very, very good writer entirely unsentimental, and with a perfectly attuned comprehension of the real world of the Irish.” -- The New York Times Book Review
By the time the first of their four children was born, he had become a teacher at the School of Printing in Dublin. Then, their home began to change (“Kilbarrack wasn’t a rural place any more”) along with the rest of the country, as the intensely Catholic society of their youth was transformed into the vibrant, complex Ireland of today.Rory and Ita’s captivating accounts of the last century, combined with Roddy Doyle’s legendary skill in illuminating ordinary experience, make a story of tremendous warmth and humanity.This magnificent book is not only a biography of, but also a love letter to Roddy’s parents, Rory and Ita.. Born in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year’s Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling novelist — his first ever non-fiction book: a poignant, illuminating journey through a century of modern Irelan
"Still waters" according to crown. Since the other reviews here don't touch on what I see as the strengths of this book, here's my take.Roddy Doyle's first work of non-fiction is a low-key but deeply felt paean to his parents (and by extension life in mid-twentieth-century Dublin) in their own words. In alternating chapters, Rory and Ita Doyle tell of their immediate ancestors (including their own parents), their childhoods, meeting and marriage, and their life as a married couple, including seeing their children leave the nest as they ease into retirement. Details accumulate and cr