See the chapter on Synge in Declan Kiberd’s Inventing Ireland, the references to his stay on the Aran Islands: ‘...Synge records all this with a terrified and terrifying accuracy, because he knows that, however spare and beautiful such a culture may seem to the outsider, its costs in human terms are just too high.’
See the chapter on Synge in Declan Kiberd’s Inventing Ireland, the references to his stay on the Aran Islands: ‘...Synge records all this with a terrified and terrifying accuracy, because he knows that, however spare and beautiful such a culture may seem to the outsider, its costs in human terms are just too high.’