Art Imitating Life Imitating Death: An exploration of Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781739918064)

In 2003, Cal Creedon was commissioned by RTﾉ to adapt Guests of the Nation for radio as part of the Frank O'Connor Centenary Celebrations.
"Seduced by a narrative so deeply rooted in a culture, history and landscape so familiar to me, I was captivated by this wartime parable."
So began his personal journey to the soul of O'Connor's story. It was a voyage of discovery that led him on a circuitous route to the death of Major Compton-Smith during the Irish War of Independence.

In 2012, Creedon was invited by descendants of the Donoughmore IRA to visit the safe-house where Major Compton-Smith had been held. It occurred to him that Compton-Smith's final days may have been the inspiration for O'Connor's fiction. Creedon's recollections of that day have been published in several articles.
"It was a day where painful memories of generations past were laid bare and in some cases laid to rest."

In January 2020, Cal Creedon presented his lecture, Art Imitating Life Imitating Death - An Exploration of Guests Of The Nation by Frank O'Connor at the Irish Revolutionary Period Symposium organised by the Swiss Centre of Irish Studies at the University of Zurich and the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. The lecture was published by Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies, by Firenze University Press (FUP) at the University of Florence, Italy.

Author: Cal Creedon
ISBN-10: 1739918061
ISBN-13: 9781739918064
Publisher: Irishtown Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2022
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d