Philosophical books from Ireland
Recommended philosophical books (3)
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If you are into philosophical here are some philosophical books from Ireland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde DE
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Das Leben des Dorian Gray ist mehr als die Biographie eines Einzelwesens, es ist die Geschichte einer ganzen verderbten Gesellschaft, die ihr höchstes Ziel im Genuss sucht, die fühlt, dass sie dem Verfall preisgegeben ist und gewissermaßen im Todeskampf die üppigsten Blüten der Gefallsucht und eines übertriebenen Protzentums treibt.
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Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent EN
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Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say. But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her ... continue
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett EN
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From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, "Waiting for Godot" has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius. . . . "Waiting for Godot" is one of the masterpieces of the century." The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own conscio... continue