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I Could Read the Sky

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A simple Irish emigrant recounts his hard life. Like many simple people who do not rely on writing, he has a good memory and remembers the songs of his youth, all the better to drink away his homesickness. The account …

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A simple Irish emigrant recounts his hard life. Like many simple people who do not rely on writing, he has a good memory and remembers the songs of his youth, all the better to drink away his homesickness. The account is accompanied by photographs on Irish emigration. By the author of Motherland.

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"A simple Irish emigrant recounts his hard life. Like many simple people who do not rely on writing, he has a good memory and remembers the songs of his youth, …"

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