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Walter Macken Books

    May 3, 1915 – April 22, 1967

    Walter Macken transitioned from a successful acting career to become a dedicated Irish writer, known for his evocative novels, short stories, and plays. His work often explores profound human emotions and the complexities of relationships, rendered with a strong dramatic flair and psychological insight. Macken's distinctive narrative style captures the essence of his characters and their struggles, creating deeply resonant and memorable literary experiences for his readers. His dedication to storytelling and authentic portrayal of the human condition makes his contributions to literature significant.

    Silent People
    Seek the Fair Land
    City of the Tribes
    The Silent People
    The Scorching Wind
    The Bogman

    • The Bogman

      • 388 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      Originally written in 1952, and soon banned in Ireland, New Island’s Modern Irish Classics series brings this masterwork back to life. Orphaned at a young age, Cahal Kinsella returns from an industrial school in Letterfrack to the small farming village of Caherlo, Co. Galway to his tyrannical grandfather, and must assert his individuality if he is to have any hope of freedom from his misery. Walter Macken paints a haunting and memorable portrait of the hard life of subsistence farming, of loveless arranged marriages, and of rebellion against suffocating social mores

      The Bogman

    • City of the Tribes

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      These Stories, rich with the passion and drama which characterise all of Walter Macken's writing, were conceived by the author as a thematic collection, providing a stunning evocation of the life and people of Galway in the 1940s. They document a time and a place, yet they also have a timeless appeal in their portrayal of the people of the city whom Macken knew and loved so well. Full of insight and humour, they do not romanticise the past; rather they celebrate the qualities or ordinary people in their struggles with poverty, with political conservatism and with the sea, ever-present elements in the life of the city of the tribes.

      City of the Tribes

    • Finns Entscheidung

      • 168 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
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      Spannende Geschichte der abenteuerlichen Flucht zweier Kinder quer durch Irland.

      Finns Entscheidung