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Nuair a foilsíodh úrscéal Shéamais Mhic Annaidh Cuaifeach Mo Londubh Buí sa bhliain 1983, baineadh freanga as léitheoirí na Gaeilge. Ní raibh aon choinne acu lena leithéid. Úrscéal ceannródaíochta ab ea é i ngach slí, ráchairt an-mhór air sa Rúis.

[blockquote_right] 11 Oct | 8pm | Boys School[/blockquote_right]

Bhain sé le saol déagóra nuair a bhí punc i réim, macallaí eipic Gilgamesh ina orlaí tríd, chomh maith le macallaí eile, Frankenstein Mary W. Shelley, saothar Shéamais Mhic Grianna agus Flann O’Brien. Cabhraíonn imeartas focal ilteangach agus osréalachas buile leis an téama – beatha, bás agus athbhreith. Léifidh Séamas sleachta anocht as an úrscéal iomráiteach aige agus ina theannta beidh Steve Cooney, gúrú giotáir. Teilgfidh Margaret Lonergan íomhánna ar scáileán mór. Beidh an oíche ina cuaifeach. Saorchead isteach ag lonta dubha.

On its publication in 1983, Séamas Mac Annaidh’s novel Cuaifeach Mo Londubh Buí sent shock waves through the world of Irish language literature.

Here was a novel that was truly pioneering, fusing a tale of teenage life in the punk era with echoes of the Gilgamesh myth, Frankenstein, and the work of Séamas Mac Grianna and Flann O’Brien. Its themes of death, life and rebirth are explored through madcap surrealism and multi-lingual wordplay. Tonight Séamas will read from his critically acclaimed novel to musical accompaniment from guitar wizard Steve Cooney.

Margaret Lonergan has created beautiful on-screen projections interpreting the narrative.

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