The Crock of Gold, James Stephens
The Crock of Gold, James Stephens
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The Crock of Gold

Author: James Stephens

Narrator: Donal Donnelly

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/04/2008

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

The Crock of Gold is a fairy tale, which, like a winding Irish country road, wanders through a charming landscape of creatures little and large, mysterious and plain, mortal and immortal; each with his, her or its own opinion on which way the world spins and to what end.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on January 14, 2023

The Crock of Gold is an absurdist parable told in the fanciful style of fairy tales… In the centre of the pine wood called Coilla Doraca there lived not long ago two Philosophers… Their faces looked as though they were made of parchment, there was ink under their nails, and every difficulty that was......more

Goodreads review by Tim on November 06, 2017

This is a hard book to describe. The plot, as much as there is one, involve two philosophers, a bunch of leprechauns, a crock of gold, two gods and police who can’t be bothered to investigate. It is a rambling book, where characters come and go as the author seemingly gets tired of them. The plot ta......more

Goodreads review by Molly on August 30, 2008

Picked it up at a garage sale because it looked magical, and indeed it was. Funny and lovely and unpretentious, flipping between lyrically wise and hysterically judgmental (would be offensive, e.g. on gender analyses, if the passages weren't clearly in character and deliberate, and were later evened......more

Goodreads review by Bonadext on May 10, 2018

Una favola come metafora della vita Assurdo, fantastico, fantasmagorico, esilarante, non-senso, brillante, folle ed assolutamente intelligente! Questi sono gli aggettivi che mi vengono in mente quando penso a questa sorta di favola-geniale che è “La pentola dell'oro”. Un viaggio sulla vita pieno di si......more

Goodreads review by Dan'l on March 31, 2024

Why has no one told me about James Stephens before? This daft Irish fairytale is everything one could hope for(at least, considering when it was written), with leprecauns (Stephens's spelling), gods, shee (again, his spelling), philosophers, policemen, and more. Hear ye the first part of the opening......more