$35.36
- Hardcover
386 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2024
Summary
Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German, and branches spanning the world, from Australia and India to North America. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in moder…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804184035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804184039 |
| Author: | Manchán Magan |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 386 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 147mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
‘casual, warm, human’ – Dave Rudden * Irish Independent *
‘This updated edition of Thirty-Two Words for Field is a beautifully written, engaging and often surprising account of one man’s love affair with his first language’ – Stephanie Boxall * Resurgence & Ecologist magazine *
‘Marvellous’ * The Sunday Times *
‘A riveting, fiercely individual book. From the lore and language of Ireland, Magan draws a model for the future: a richer, more compassionate outlook, deeply knit into the natural world’ – Tom Bullough * author of Sarn Helen *
‘Manchán creates a gorgeous tapestry that lingers in the mind’s eye’ – Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Manchán Magan
Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels, along with several award-winning and best-selling books about the Irish language and landscape. He lives in an oak wood, with bees and hens, in a grass-roofed house near Lough Lene, Co Westmeath, Ireland.
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