{"product_id":"macken-walter-city-of-the-tribes-9781848407633","title":"City of the Tribes","description":"These stories, rich with the passion and drama which characterises all of Walter Macken's writing, were conceived by the author as a thematic collection, providing a stunning evocation of the life and people of Galway in the 1940s. They document a time and place, yet they also have a timeless appeal in their portrayal of the people of the city whom Macken knew and loved so well. Full of insight and humour, they do not romanticise the past; rather they celebrate the qualities of ordinary people in their struggles with poverty, with political conservatism and with the sea, ever-present elements in the life of the city of the tribes.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWalter Macken has long been one of Ireland's most popular writers. A novelist who defined in fiction the world of the 'plain people' of the west of Ireland, he was a master of the short story. First published posthumously in 1997, these magnificent stories are now brought back to life in the Modern Irish Classics series.","brand":"New Island Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53382157107542,"sku":"9781848407633-V","price":5.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781848407633_1_b94a8bd1-fc54-43c6-a874-1e31b116002b.jpg?v=1781648658","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/macken-walter-city-of-the-tribes-9781848407633","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}