Then there are the top 10 lists – top 10 best dramas; top 10 best paintings; top 10 best books. The book Úrscéalta na Gaeilge, edited by Ronan Doherty, Brian Ó Conchubhair and Philip O’Leary, has its roots in the best-novels-in-Irish-liosta. Some writers – Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin and Irish Times columnist, Alan Titley – have two books apiece in the mix. The aim was to discuss the development of the novel in Irish since the beginning of the 20th century and to distil the best works out of that discourse. Novels are hard work and novels in languages that are not widely spoken, with few readers, are even more difficult literary challenges.

Source: The Irish Times March 29, 2018 04:52 UTC