| Last Night's Fun: A Book about Irish Traditional Music Contributor(s): Carson, Ciaran (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865475318 ISBN-13: 9780865475311 Publisher: North Point Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Critically acclaimed LAST NIGHT'S FUN is a sparkling celebration of Irish music and life that is itself a literary performance of the highest order. Irish writer Ciaran Carson's inspired jumble of recording history, poetry, tall tales, and polemic captures the sound and vigor of a ruthlessly unsentimental music. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Ethnic - Music | Genres & Styles - International |
| Dewey: 781.629 |
| LCCN: 96035329 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.52" W x 8.64" (0.6 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Holiday - St. Patrick's Day |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Last Night's Fun's is a sparking celebration of music and life that is itself a literary performance of the highest order. Carson's inspired jumble of recording history, poetry, tall tales, and polemic captures the sound and vigor of a ruthlessly unsentimental music. Last Night's Fun is remarkable for its liveliness, honesty, scholarship, and spontaneous joy; certainly there has never been a book about Irish music like this one, and few books ever written anywhere about the experience of music can compare with it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carson, Ciaran: - Ciaran Carson was born in 1948 in Belfast and works for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. He is the author of The Pocket Guide to Irish Music, The Star Factory, as well as five collections of poetry, one of which, First Language, was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize. |