Childhood play, scarlet fever, a first kiss, befriending a Nazi spy--the narrative ofPast Habitual roams through experiences both commonplace and formative, all under the uneasy canopy of wartime Ireland. Moving with ease between the voices of a young child, a German immigrant, an I.R.A member, and colloquial chatter, MacLochlainn forms a web of interactions that expose a century's tensions. A combination of traditional prose, poetry, monologue, and music,Past Habitual is an engaging and fascinating depiction of an Ireland struggling through the effects of war--both distant and on her doorstep.
Alf MacLochlainn was born in Dublin in 1926, and studied at the University College before becoming director of the National Library of Ireland in 1949, where he helped compile the manuscript sources for theHistory of Irish Civilization. He is the author of Out of Focus andThe Corpus of the Library: Stories and Novellas. He has served as chairman of the James Joyce Institute of Ireland, trustee of the Chester Beatty Library, inaugural holder of the Visiting Chair of Irish Studies at Burns Library, Boston College (1991-1992), and a contributor to the Dictionary of Irish Literature. He lives in Galway.
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