The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Culange (Paperback)

from amanda4242

This should replace Beowulf on all syllabi immediately. It's funny and violent and completely bonkers. And it features a queen that likes to sweeten deals by offering "the friendship of her own thighs." What's not to love? Okay, the lists of warriors Cú Chulainn kills do get old after the first 1...

from xuebi

Ciarán Carson presents an accessible and highly readable translation of The Táin for a new generation of readers. The Táin is part of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology and along with other similar works forms a distinct genre known as Táin Bó, or Cattle Raid.In Táin Bó Cúailnge, Medb the Queen ...

from amanda4242

This should replace Beowulf on all syllabi immediately. It's funny and violent and completely bonkers. And it features a queen that likes to sweeten deals by offering "the friendship of her own thighs." What's not to love? Okay, the lists of warriors Cú Chulainn kills do get old after the first 1...

from jburlinson

A person develops a very special kind of relationship with the previous owner(s) of one's book. In this case, I believe I've grown to know a little something about "Jen." Let me share: on page 44, there is a passage that reads: "The boy set upon him and they struck at one another. The boy struck ...

from ex_ottoyuhr

I don't know Gaelic, so I don't know how true this statement is, but this book felt to me like reading the Tain in the closest to the original that I could get without learning its language. The grammar doesn't feel particularly English, and the wild images and events of the story are not softene...