Bird Alone (Twentieth Century Classics)

By Sean O' Faolain

Book Overview

This novel is set in late 19th-century Ireland, where Corney Crone grows up in a family marked by poverty, pride, and spoiled aspiration. The recurring theme in Corney's life is one of solitude, a note which becomes more dominant in his old age. Corney is a "bird alone," reliving the experiences of his youth and the secret love for his childhood sweetheart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192819062
• ISBN13: 9780192819062
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.1"