New Irish Non-Fiction

In Farrell’s darkly funny books, all sorts of things, concrete and abstract, display independent wills with which they oppose the will of human beings. Ideas, symbols, ceremonies, human communication, human bodies, lands and possessions all act as rebels or subversives to undermine the human condition. This is an important study of classic 20th century fiction by an author who died tragically in West Cork in 1979

Sacred stones and stone monuments feature the world over and Ireland is no exception. Our landscape is dotted with them. This is a wonderful reminder of our spiritual past as some of these stones and monuments enter their fifth millennium.

From ancient times, people appreciated the spiritual value of trees, singling out individual trees for special veneration. In words and images, this is a rich compendium about our relationship with trees, collating so many tree-related remnants of our pagan spiritual past and tree-related oral history into one place.