A Place Apart

Northern Ireland in the 1970s

Dervla Murphy

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English

Eland
01 January 2015

Cycling; Travel & holiday; Travel writing

A Place Apart is a remarkable geographical and psychological travelogue that rises above history, politics, theology and economics.

Created by a southern Irishwoman, cycling into the mayhem of Northern Ireland in order to try and sort out her own opinions and emotions about this troubled land. She came equipped with her own childhood experiences of murder and Republican martyrdom, but was otherwise unfettered by sectarian loyalties and armed with a delightful curiosity, a fine ear for anecdote, an ability to stand her own at the bar and a penetrating intelligence. She travelled extensively through both town and country, frequently finding herself in horrifying situations, and sometimes among people stiff with hate and grief: but equally, she discovered an unquenchable spirit everywhere that refused to die.

By: Dervla Murphy
Imprint: Eland
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781780600116
ISBN 10: 1780600119
Publication Date: 01 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dervla Murphy (born Lismore, County Waterford, 1931) was determined to write, not to marry, and to travel to India. She realised two of these ambitions in Full Tilt, her first book, which describes her exuberant bicycle ride from Lismore - where she still lives - to India, through Iran and Afghanistan. It has been followed by some twenty further titles, including an acclaimed memoir, Wheels within Wheels. Her most recent book is A Month by the Sea: Encounters in Gaza.