{"product_id":"island-home-blasket-heritage","title":"Island Home: Blasket Heritage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomson, George\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 08-06-1998\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The Great Blasket is the largest of a group of small islands lying off the South West coast of Ireland. It is now deserted but was inhabited until recently bu a small Gaelic-speaking fishing community. There was no shop, pub, post-office, police, doctor or priest and it was often cut off from the mainland by bad weather. Communities of this type, based on kinship and co-operation are still to be found but what made Blasket unique was that during the past half-century natives of the island have produced more than a dozen books. Several of them have been translated into English and one \"Twenty Years a-Growing\" has become world-famous. In this book an attempt is made to explain how these seemingly backward Islanders came to make so distinguished a contribution to contemporary literature. (Stallanbooks)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780863221613\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedLikeNew\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53610038690119,"sku":"0S-GN61-QOLP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/51TiWdbd5zL.jpg?v=1774731335","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/island-home-blasket-heritage","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}