{"product_id":"the-road-to-dungannon-journeys-in-literary-ireland-9781476691596","title":"The Road to Dungannon: Journeys in Literary Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Patrick Pearson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chasing after a family secret--a curious silence surrounding a long-lost ancestor--led the author on a pilgrimage through the landscape, history and literature of Ireland. His journey of self-discovery, flavored by poems, stories, lore and legend, reflects his idea that literature may be the key that explains the past and reveals the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Serving as part memoir and part journalistic chronicle, this work offers a unique look at how memory, literature and travel shape one's definition of oneself. Also serving as a love letter to Ireland with chapters on native born authors such as James Joyce, Frank O'Connor, Seamus Heaney and more, this book explores the deeper influences of what makes a man a writer, scholar, adventurer, husband and father.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888509206679,"sku":"9781476691596","price":2820.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476691596.webp?v=1781166403","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-road-to-dungannon-journeys-in-literary-ireland-9781476691596","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}