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Donkeys Years

Aidan Higgins

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English
Minerva
01 April 1996
'Opening with a child's-eye view,

Donkey's Years

incorporates local history and topography, evoking with vivid, physical detail the voices of his playmates, the smells, colours and sounds of this peaceful corner of Ireland in the 1930s and '40s...

It comes as no surprise that Aidan Higgins...has written an autobiography that has the texture of a novel' Irish Times

'Leaving down Donkey's Years at four in the morning after one straight reading I felt exhilarated...

Read it and see. Few books inspire like this' Dermot Healy

'The best book since Langrishe. It's absolutely wonderful. He is still (and always was) the best English-language prose stylist in the country' Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill

'Donkey's Years must rank as one of the finest books in English since the War' The Phoenix
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Imprint:   Minerva
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   246g
ISBN:   9780749396947
ISBN 10:   0749396946
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Donkeys Years

Opening with a child's-eye view, [Donkey's Years] incorporates local history and topography, evoking with vivid, physical detail the voices of his playmates, the smells, colours and sounds of this peaceful corner of Ireland in the 1930s and '40s ... It comes as no surprise that Aidan Higgins ... has written an autobiography that has the texture of a novel * Irish Times * Leaving down Donkey's Years at four in the morning after one straight reading I felt exhilarated ... Read it and see. Few books inspire like this' -- Dermot Healy The best book since Langrishe. It's absolutely wonderful, He is still (and always was) the best English-language prose stylist in the country' -- Nuasa Ni Dhomhnaill Donkey's Years must rank as one of the finest books in English since the War * The Phoenix *


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