{"product_id":"an-beal-bocht-p-b","title":"Myles Na Gcopaleen: An Béal Bocht [2018] paperback","description":"Widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century, \u003ci\u003eAn Beal Bocht\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic satire in Irish by one of the century's great writers, Myles na gCopaleen\/Flann O'Brien\/Brian O'Nolan. This extremely funny book, with its rain-sodden peasants of Corca Dorcha who combine pretensions to proficiency in English with true caint na ndaoine in the hope of impressing the insatiable Irish-language enthusiasts, was the proof that the Irish of the Revival had come of age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt earned Flann O'Brien the accolade bestowed upon him by Austin Clarke: 'our Gaelic satirist' and is still a useful corrective against the native tendency to take things too seriously. As its subtitle \u003ci\u003eAn Milleanach \u003c\/i\u003eindicates, it satirises Tomas O Criomhthain's famous Blasket autobiography \u003ci\u003eAn t-Oileanach\u003c\/i\u003e as well as other Gaeltacht works like \u003ci\u003eCaisleain \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOir\u003c\/i\u003e by Donegal writer Seamus O Grianna (Maire).","brand":"Na Gcopaleen, Myles","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42421654487225,"sku":"9781781176436","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/gcopaleen-myles-na-an-beal-bocht-p-b-9781781176436-32775149453497.jpg?v=1655820003","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/an-beal-bocht-p-b","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}