{"product_id":"topographia-hibernica-9781529371659","title":"Topographia Hibernica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powered by immense, perverse energy out of the Limerick idiom, the collection generates a singular music that is memorable, unsettling and humane'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Eerie, dark and twisted . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlindboy's passion for Irish nature, mythology and folklore lends a spiritual profundity' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzz\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou don't fully appreciate how large a donkey's head is until it's beside you in a Fiat Punto. The view in my mirror was furry and violent. I was driving blind.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriving with a donkey stuffed in the back seat; jackdaws pecking brains out through the roof of a confessional box; cat piss and astronauts. This is the world not as you see it, but as it is, twisted from the maverick mind of Blindboyboatclub. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are stories of the strange unsettlings in the souls of men caught in between the past and the possible; stories of heart-blinding rage and disquieting compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking its title from a twelfth-century English manuscript of the same name, which dehumanised the people and culture of Ireland to facilitate domination, \u003ci\u003eTopographia Hibernica\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that unravels the knotted threads of humanity, nature and colonisation from a contemporary Irish perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalled 'one of the most gifted writers of his generation' by the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Blindboyboatclub is the essential voice for the Irish condition in the twenty-first century. \u003ci\u003eTopographia Hibernica\u003c\/i\u003e is his unmissable new short-story collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coronet Books (GB)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529371659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196","brand":"Blindboyboatclub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058789408949,"sku":"9781529371659","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a36785d4-319e-4bfc-9f69-ed8ff26a564e.jpg?v=1738078403","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/topographia-hibernica-9781529371659","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}