{"product_id":"at-swim-two-birds-dalkey-archive-essentials","title":"At Swim-Two-Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as one of the greatest Irish novels of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eAt Swim-Two-Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliantly inventive comic masterpiece that gleefully dismantles the conventions of storytelling. Its narrator, a lazy Dublin student more interested in sleeping, drinking, and reading than studying, begins writing a novel about a mediocre author whose own fictional characters grow tired of his treatment and decide to rebel. As myths, legends, cowboys, devils, and literary figures collide, stories nest within stories in an exhilarating celebration of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildly funny, formally groundbreaking, and endlessly playful, \u003cem\u003eAt Swim-Two-Birds\u003c\/em\u003e challenged ideas about what a novel could be and went on to influence generations of writers, from Anthony Burgess to Salman Rushdie. A landmark of modern Irish literature, it remains as fresh and inventive today as when it was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlann O'Brien was the pen name of Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966), one of Ireland's most original novelists, satirists, and newspaper columnists. Best known for \u003cem\u003eAt Swim-Two-Birds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Third Policeman\u003c\/em\u003e, his work combines surreal humour, philosophical wit, and formal experimentation, securing his place as one of the great innovators of twentieth-century fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDalkey Archive Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch 31, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e224\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassics · Literary Fiction · Irish Literature · Satire · Experimental Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781628973884\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223018922166,"sku":"9781628973884","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781628973884.jpg?v=1782569136","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/at-swim-two-birds-dalkey-archive-essentials","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}