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"At Swim-Two-Birds" de Flann O'Brien e a tradição literária irlandesa

At Swim Two Birds by Flann O'Brien Goodreads

A wildly comic send up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim Two Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading he is composing a mischief filled novel about Dermot Trellis, a second rate author whose characters

At Swim Two Birds

At Swim Two Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien.It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction.. The novel's title derives from Snám dá Én (Middle Ir.: "The narrow water of the two birds"; Modern Irish: Snámh Dá Éan), an ancient ford on the River Shannon, between ...

Brian O'Nolan

Brian O'Nolan (Irish: Brian Ó Nualláin; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist, considered a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature.Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. His English language novels, such as At Swim Two Birds and The Third Policeman, were written under the ...

Making sense of N nonsense in Flann O’Brien’s At Swim Two

(Flann O’Brien, At Swim Two Birds [1939], 1967, London, Penguin, p. 42) 42) 10 The nonsensical dimension in this comic scene is the absurd succession of irrelevant questions and answers within the same text unit.

Editions of At Swim Two Birds by Flann O'Brien

Editions for At Swim Two Birds: 156478181X (Paperback published in 1998), 0141182687 (Paperback published in 2000), 0140181725 (Paperback published in 19...