An Saol Bocht

An Saol Bocht: 712 lch; clúdach bog, 978-1-913814-58-8

Leabhar tábhachtach ar shaothar Bhriain Uí Nualláin atá sa leabhar seo, leabhar a thugann faoina bhfuil scríofa faoin Nuallánach a scrúdú agus a iniúchadh as an nua, agus a chuireann leis sin eolas úr atá tagtha chun solais ó scríobhadh na beathaisnéisí agus na saothar taighde eile faoi.

Flann O’Brien Award 2025

“This meticulous work is written in Irish in a manner that should be accessible to anglophone scholars who have a modicum of the language. The biography will be a resource for scholars of literature, history, cultural studies and beyond. As a compendium of the life, influences, and output of Flann O’Brien, it is sure to be a must-have on the desk of any scholar undertaking research on the author and his oeuvre.” — Judges, Flann O’Brien Award 2025, Best single author monograph

Beatháisnéisí géarchúiseach

Éacht oibre is ea an leabhar seo. Is léir go bhfuil gach a bhfuil le léamh,faoi Bhrian Ó Nualláin i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla léite ag Brian Ó Conchubhair – leabhair, aistí, litreacha, taifid oifigiúla, ábhar i gcartlanna srl. Is beathaisnéisí caidéiseach géarchúiseach Ó Conchubhair, a sholáthraíonn  a lán firicí nua faoi shaol agus shaothar Uí Nualláin.

Lár an Dioscúrsa

Níos tabháchtaí fós, b’fhéidir, thugann sé comhthéacsanna do na fiiricí sin a chuireann ar chumas an léitheora tuiscint níos leithne agus níos doimhne d’fháil ar shaol an fhir féin – comhthéacs a mhuintire, comhthéacs liteartha, comhthéacs na hoibre a rinne sé san iriseoireacht agus sa státseirbhís, comhthéacs a shláinte srl. Níl amhras ar bith go mbeidh an leabhar breá seo i gceartlár an dioscúrsa nuair a bheidh saol agus saothar Myles á phlé amach anseo.

This book is a magnificent piece of research. Obviously, Brian Ó Conchubhair has read and absorbed everything by or about Brian Ó Nualláin – books, articles, official records, archival material, and more. Aa a meticulous and discerning biographer, he has unearthed a good deal of new information about Ó Nualláin’s life and work, but, perhaps even more important, he provides contexts for all the factual information that enable readers to get a broader and deeper understanding of the man himself – familial, literary, medical, occupational with regard to his work as a journalist and senior civil servant. And there are more. There can be no doubt that when Myles’s life and work are discussed in future this book will be central to that conversation.