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101 0 _aeng
102 _cFR
200 1 _atranslations
210 _cFaber et Faber
_aLondon
_d2003
215 _bBook
_a94 p.
_cill.
_d21 cm.
330 _aThe action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative
610 _aLitterature
610 _aLittérature en VO
610 _aLivres en langues étrangères
700 0 _aBrian, Friel
_4070
801 0 _bLibrairie Dialogues
852 _jENG/009/3/12
856 _uhttp:////www.librairiedialogues.fr//ws/book/9780571117420/unimarc_utf-8
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