Autobiographies III

By Seán O'Casey

Book Overview

I thought that no man liveth and dieth to himself so I put behind what I thought and what I did the panorama of the world I lived in - the things that made me.

Sean OCasey 1948

Sean OCaseys six-part Autobiography originally published between 1939 and 1955 is an eloquently comprehensive self-portrait of an artists life and times unsurpassed in literature.

As its title suggests Rose and Crown (1952) reflects OCaseys experience of making a new home in England where socialist passion intact he makes a sharp study of the General Strike of 1926. Sunset and Evening Star (1954) offers both valediction and celebration: for though OCasey views Ireland as a decaying ark... afraid of the falling rain of the worlds thought he can still envisage the nations young throwing out some of the musty stuff bringing the fresh and the new...

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571283756
• ISBN13: 9780571283750
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Faber Finds
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"