But these nights change young Ronan forever, setting him on a years-long pursuit of the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the glorious tales that are no less than the saga of his tenacious and extraordinary isle. Frank Delaney - Irish Born Novelist 'The Last Storyteller - A Novel Of Ireland' is a book of enduring beauty, suspense and heartbreak. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled local audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland's enduring accomplishments before moving on. In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside.
Storyteller extraordinaire Frank Delaney takes his readers on a journey through the history of Ireland, stopping along the way to evoke the dramatic events and personalities so critical to shaping the Irish experience. This New York Times bestselling epic is an unforgettable tour de force that marries the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit with a historical scope that is sweeping and resplendent. as well as The Last Storyteller, The Matchmaker of Kenmare. these historical chronicles, legends, myths, tall tales and fables, featuring warriors, kings, monks, explorers and clever common folk, imaginatively tell the history of Ireland.” - Philadelphia Inquirer Library Journal (starred) About the Author Frank Delaney is the author of the New York Times. Readers will quickly warm to Frank Delaneys vividly described Ireland of the 1950s, its fully realized inhabitants.
Frank Delaney, Tipperary 2 likes Like that’s the story of how Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland forever and banished the Devil to England. What it has to be is not evil or malicious. “Dramatic, adventurous, heroic, romantic. Frank Delaney, The Last Storyteller 3 likes Like A thing doesnt have to be true, he said, for a person to get joy out of it.
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