Dervla Murphy

A Place Apart (eBook, ePUB)

Northern Ireland in the 1970s

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At the height of The Troubles, Dervla Murphy cycled to Northern Ireland to try to understand the situation by speaking to people on either side of the divide. She also sought to interrogate her own opinions and emotions. As an Irishwoman and traveller who had only ever spent thirty-six hours of her forty-four years over the border to the north, why had she been so reluctant to engage with the issues? Despite her own family connections to the IRA, she travelled north largely unfettered by sectarian loyalties. Armed instead with an indefatigable curiosity, a fine ear for anecdote, an ability to stand her own at the bar and a penetrating intelligence, she navigated her way through horrifying situations, and sometimes found herself among people stiff with hate and grief. But equally, she discovered an unquenchable thirst for life and peace, a spirit that refused to die.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Eland Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780600949
• Artikelnr.: 42493372

Autorenporträt

Dervla Murphy was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books, writing for more than 50 years. Murphy is best known for her 1965 book Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle, about an overland cycling trip through Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Murphy passed away in 2022 at the age of 90.