{"product_id":"an-beal-bocht-paperback","title":"An Béal Bocht - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century, \u003cem\u003eAn Béal Bocht\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic satire in Irish by one of the century's great writers, Myles na gCopaleen\/Flann O'Brien\/Brian O'Nolan. This extremely funny book, with its rain-sodden peasants of Corca Dorcha who combine pretensions to proficiency in English with true caint na ndaoine in the hope of impressing the insatiable Irish-language enthusiasts, was the proof that the Irish of the Revival had come of age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt earned Flann O'Brien the accolade bestowed upon him by Austin Clarke: 'our Gaelic satirist' and is still a useful corrective against the native tendency to take things too seriously. As its subtitle \u003cem\u003eAn Milleánach \u003c\/em\u003eindicates, it satirises Tomás Ó Criomhthain's famous Blasket autobiography \u003cem\u003eAn t-Oileánach\u003c\/em\u003e as well as other Gaeltacht works like \u003cem\u003eCaisleáin Óir\u003c\/em\u003e by Donegal writer Séamus Ó Grianna (Máire).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374140358879,"sku":"9781781176436","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/14rpWeBMM69781781176436.webp?v=1789172012","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/an-beal-bocht-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}