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A riveting English translation the Irish classic tale of heartache, death, and loneliness by the beloved author of The Dirty Dust

"Originally published as Libret de famille. A Editions GALLIMARD, Paris, 1977."--Title page verso.

"Originally published as Corps daesirable. Copyright AZulma, 2015" -- Title page verso.

"A Margellos World Republic of Letters Book"--Title page.

A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history

Now available in paperback, the original English-language translation of O Cadhain's raucous masterpiece

A career retrospective of poetry and prose works by one of the under-recognized giants of French literature

Tolea, an eccentric middle-aged intellectual who has been dismissed from his job as a high school teacher on "moral grounds", is investigating his father's death forty years after the fact, and is drawn into a web of suspicion and black humour.