{"product_id":"city-of-the-tribes-walter-macken-9781848407633","title":"City of the Tribes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese stories, rich with the passion and drama which characterises all of Walter Macken's writing, were conceived by the author as a thematic collection, providing a stunning evocation of the life and people of Galway in the 1940s. They document a time and place, yet they also have a timeless appeal in their portrayal of the people of the city whom Macken knew and loved so well. Full of insight and humour, they do not romanticise the past; rather they celebrate the qualities of ordinary people in their struggles with poverty, with political conservatism and with the sea, ever-present elements in the life of the city of the tribes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Macken has long been one of Ireland's most popular writers. A novelist who defined in fiction the world of the 'plain people' of the west of Ireland, he was a master of the short story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published posthumously in 1997, these magnificent stories are now brought back to life in the Modern Irish Classics series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Macken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848407637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848407633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Island Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.85d","brand":"Walter Macken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217567822079,"sku":"9781848407633","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4469c684-4bd9-4c0b-9a40-e2b32dcb08a0.jpg?v=1771998055","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-the-tribes-walter-macken-9781848407633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}