The Aran Islands

Synge's early 1900s account of island life, salt and timeless

Author J.M. Synge
ISBN 978-0140184327

Synge's account of his summers on the Aran Islands in the early 1900s captures the salt-sprayed, time-lost world of the islanders — their fairy stories, their fishing, their spinning wheels. First published in 1907, it remains the essential book for understanding these islands and the culture that shaped Synge's plays.

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