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This novella recounts the imagination of a lonely old man who becomes obsessed by a beautiful young girl in his village. His every moment is filled with thoughts and fantasies about her. Eventually lines cross as this fantasy becomes a reality, paternal feeling and sexual urges combining as they become lovers. This is a brialliant, poetic account of the wanderings of an old man's mind

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One of the most inspirational stories I have ever read - powerful, poetic and artistic. A brilliant achievement. -- RTE

One of the most inspirational stories I have ever read -- powerful, poetic and artistic. A brilliant achievement. -- RTE

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Miche l Conghaile was born in 1962 on Inis Treabhair Island. He established the publishing company Cl Iar-Chonnachta (CIC) in 1985 and the company has since published over 500 books and 200 traditional Irish music albums. He has published poetry, short stories, a novel, a play, and a novella, and has translated works from English into Irish. He was awarded the Hennessy Young Irish Writer of the Year Award in 1997, and was writer in Residence at Queen's University, Belfast and at the University of Ulster Coleraine between 1999 and 2002. Conghaile now lives in Indreabh n, Co. Galway.

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