The Heather Blazing (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Colm Tóibín
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Revolutionaries, World War II, Death or dying, Judges, Catholics or Catholic Church, Tuberculosis, Ireland or Irish people
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
Colm Toibin’s THE HEATHER BLAZING exhibits the sense of place that distinguishes his novel THE SOUTH and his travel books HOMAGE TO BARCELONA and WALKING ALONG THE BORDER. In this novel, the protagonist Eamon Redmond, a judge in the Irish High Court in Dublin, is seen mostly through his perception of where he is and what the weather is at the time. His many flashbacks are steeped in this feeling for environment, which seems more expressive than his feelings for people.
Each of the novel’s three parts begins with a legal judgment Redmond makes and ends with an event in his...
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