Down All the Days
by Christy Brown
On This Page
Description
A novel which focuses on a young cripple, his childhood and his coming of age, who acts as a detached observer of life in the slums of Dublin, during the 1940s and 50s.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
There is beautifully written by an author that obviously has a love of language. I did however struggle to get into the book and ended up abandoning it half way through.
Een gered boek: Moem moest het zeer gewaardeerde "Kantoorpaleis" verlaten en zocht nieuwe lezers voor de boeken die daar stonden. Dit is er één van.
Het gaat op reis nadat ik het heb gelezen.
Het gaat op reis nadat ik het heb gelezen.
Bad Books 370
Tweede roman van de zwaar gehandicapte schrijver (zie: With my left Foot, 1954), minder gefocused op zijn handicao, en meer op het sociale leven in ierland tussen 1940-1965.
Nov 18, 2009Dutch
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Booker Prize
491 works; 62 members
Author Information
11+ Works 859 Members
Awards and Honors
Awards
Distinctions
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Down All the Day
- Original publication date
- 1970
- Important places
- Dublin, Ireland
- Important events
- World War II
- Dedication
- For Beth
Who, with such gentle ferocity, finally whipped me into finishing this book... - First words
- He sat in the boxcar on the edge of the excited group of boys, wondering what all the fuss was about.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He raised himself and bend over a tankard by his side and looked down into the flickering amber depths at his own face, thin as a hawk's and the eyes already voyaging, raising to meet the world.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 233
- Popularity
- 139,240
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.64)
- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 10
