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I Could Read the Sky
Published in Paperback by Harvill Pr (2003)
Authors: Timothy O'Grady, Steve Pyke, and John Berger
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A lyrically crafted novel about dislocation and exile
I am very familiar with the works of old time Irish writers including the works of James Joyce who wrote about Ireland in exile. I still don't know much about modern Irish novelists until I had the opportunity of meeting and listening to parts of Timothy O'Grady's novel at Perth Writer's Festival early this year. Immediately afterwards I bought a copy and later talked to Timothy briefly about writers in exile and their struggle with dislocation. This story is not only about dislocation and exile. This is the story of a man coming of age and following a journey during which he struggles to make sense of his life, dislocation, loss of love and loneliness.

This lyrically crafted novel is a great collaboration between O'Grady and photographer Steve Pyke. They collectively create a visual journey of a musical Irishman, his journey from one location to another, looking for work and the love of his life. O'Grady's begins his novel with a description of the protagonist's life back at home as a child:

"This room is dark, as dark as it ever gets - the hour before dawn in winter. I have sounds and pictures but they flit and crash before I can get them..."

For me, it is a metaphor of not been able to recreate the places and the people he left behind as a result of his journey.

O'Grady ends his novel with a similar narrative:

"In the room now a breeze comes in through the window and on it there is the smell of spring. Downstairs the girl turns on her radio... There is a time after long work when you can look for strength and there is nothing there....

In the morning light I let go."

In between, we learn about his journey, his recollection of Irish landscapes, the places left behind, the music he played and his love. But this is not just a mere description of a nostalgic mental journey of an Irishman in exile. This can happen anywhere, anytime, and to anyone.

Reading this novel is like watching a visually crafted documentary embedded with voice and music that we can see and hear.

I'm glad that I met O'Grady and read his novel as my introduction to modern Irish novelists. But this novel had another positive effect on me. When I met O'Grady I was writing a novel about my own dislocation. This novel inspired me to look at my private journey again and again, and continue my writing in exile!

I recommend this book to anyone interested in the beauty and tragic of moving from one place to another.

Beautiful and touching...
Tim O'Grady creates exquisitely wrought, archetypal prose that could even overpower Pyke's perfect documentary photos. (Without offense to Walker Evans, now I'm wishing Pyke had been around to collaborate with James Agee).

Amazingly, requires very little interest in Ireland or the Irish - O'Grady is from Chicago anyway and this book is more about experiences of all mankind. His crystalline narrative is hardly bound by ethnicity.

Extraordinary and inspiring new use of the verb, can. If you read poetry, you couldn't regret buying this experimental novel.

Are you interested in Irish culture and literature...?
... then buy, borrow or steal a copy! Never before have I read such a good exploration of Irish exile. Stranded in a dismal flat in England, the protagonist remembers his happy childhood in Ireland, the rough living and working conditions in England, and his only love. The language is quite simple and often Hiberno Irish, but deeply imaginative and so lyrical, that the line between prose and poetry gets blurred. The beautiful black/white pictures added to this book, and the author's ability to portray Irish music help to give an insight into Irish culture. Sometimes it's like watching a documentary, and suddenly you can't help but feeling you're listening to a song; a song of heartache and terrible longing. Despite far from being soppy the book is very moving in the end; you actually hope for a happy ending. But that wouldn't be Irish.


Ireland's Unfinished Revolution: An Oral History
Published in Paperback by Roberts Rinehart Pub (1999)
Authors: Kenneth Griffith and Timothy O'Grady
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A fascinating read
This book is not your typical history book. It is the personal stories of 9 people (7 men and 2 women) who fought for a free Ireland from the Easter Rising of 1916 through to the Civil War of 1922-23. This is an amazing read, that tells of the often painful decisions these Irish veterans made on behalf of the country they loved.


Leading the Revolution in Health Care: Advancing Systems, Igniting Performance
Published in Hardcover by Jones & Bartlett Pub (15 August, 1999)
Authors: Cathleen Krueger Wilson, Timothy Porter-O'Grady, Tim Porter O'Grady, and Tim Porter-O'Grady
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Creative Nursing Administration: Participative Management into the 21st Century
Published in Hardcover by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (1986)
Author: Timothy Porter-O'Grady
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Curious Journey: An Oral History of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution
Published in Hardcover by Mercier Press (1998)
Authors: Kenneth Griffith and Timothy O'Grady
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The Health Care Teambook
Published in Spiral-bound by Mosby, Inc. (15 January, 1998)
Authors: Tim Porter-O'Grady, Cathleen Krueger Wilson, and Timothy Porter-O'grady
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Implementing Shared Governance: Creating a Professional Organization
Published in Hardcover by Mosby (1992)
Authors: Tim Porter-O'Grady and Timothy Porter-O'grady
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Motherland
Published in Hardcover by Henry Holt & Company, Inc. (1990)
Author: Timothy O'Grady
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Quantum Leadership: A Textbook of New Leadership
Published in Hardcover by Jones & Bartlett Pub (2002)
Authors: Timothy Porter-O'Grady, Porter O'Grady, Kathy Malloch, Aspen Publishers, and Tim Porter-O'Grady
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Reorganization of Nursing Practice: Creating the Corporate Venture
Published in Hardcover by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (1990)
Author: Timothy Porter-O'Grady
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