At Swim-Two-Birds

Name: At Swim-Two-Birds
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: Flann O'Brien
ISBN: 9781781983362

Author: Flann O'Brien

Narrator: Aidan Kelly

Abridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Published: 11/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

More preoccupied with drinking, sleeping and writing, an unnamed student neglects his studies and invents three separate openings for a novel. The first introduces the Pooka MacPhellimey, 'a member of the devil class', the second involves Mr John Furriskey, a character belonging to another of the student's creations (writer Dermot Trellis), while the final opening features legendary Irish heroes Finn Mac Cool and Mad King Sweeny. Soon, Trellis's creations rebel against him, doing as they like while he sleeps, and the characters from each story begin wandering in and out of each other's tales. Published in 1939, At Swim-Two-Birds is a madcap exploration of Irish literature and mythology, and the unending possibilities of fiction. Text © 1939 Flann O'Brien. ? 2019 Naxos AudioBooks UK Ltd. Artwork © 2019 Naxos AudioBooks UK Ltd.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on October 30, 2021

Birds fly… Some birds also swim… Once upon a time an ingenious student of literature aspired to write a book… Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes’ chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my mind, my eyes and face assuming a vacant an......more

Goodreads review by Riku on April 08, 2014

Did not think that anything more zany than the 'Third Policeman' was possible (people who like 'Lost' should check the book out, by the way)... On my first read of this book (in 2009) I was too entranced with the main plot device of the characters plotting against the author, etc and probably overlo......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 22, 2012

This is a seriously lovely inch perfect parabola of joy which everyone ought to at least try. Go on! You know you want to. All right, you didn't know you wanted to. But i know you better than that! Would I lie? How long have we known each other now? Well then, have I ever recommended a duff book? Na......more