Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and "Twenty Years A-Growing" tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. He wrote for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends, without any thought of a wider public; his style is derived from folk-tales which he heard from his grandfather and sharpened by his own lively imagination.
Maurice OSullivan Książki
O'Sullivans Autobiografie beginnt mit seiner Geburt 1904 auf der - heute unbewohnten - Insel Great Blasket im äussersten Südwesten Irlands, wo er eine glückliche Kindheit und Jugend verlebt, und endet, als er die Insel, wie viele andere Mitbewohner, aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen verlassen muss.