We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

by Fintan O'Toole

Book Overview

Fintan O'Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government--in despair, because all the young people were leaving--opened the country to foreign investment and popular culture. So began a decades-long, ongoing experiment with Irish national identity. In We Don't Know Ourselves, O'Toole, one of the Anglophone world's most consummate stylists, weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324092874
• ISBN13: 9781324092872
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.2"