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Before leaving Inishglass, an island off the coast of Ireland, for school in Galway, Dara and Bran visit their tutor who has moved to a haunted island and has plans to keep the boys on the island forever. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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One of the most celebrated Irish children's authors of the twentieth century, Eilís Dillon wrote fifty books over the course of her career, in both the Irish and English languages. The Island of Ghosts was first published in 1989, four years before Dillon's death. It is an engrossing adventure story, one which explores the idea of the past as something that haunts us in the present. This manifests itself, not just in the actual spirit that the children experience, on the eponymous 'island of ghosts,' but also in the overarching story, and in Mr. Webb's maniacal quest to repopulate one of the abandoned western islands. The theme of the abandonment of the western islands of Ireland and Scotland, over the course of the twentieth century, in one that has been explored in many books, whether for children or adults. Dillon manages to capture both the romantic appeal of the the western islands, as an idea, and the human tragedy of the loss of the communities that once lived on them. In this way, the name "island of ghosts" refers not just to the actual spirit, but to the ghosts of the past - the ghosts of the people who once lived there. This doesn't appear to be one of Dillon's more popular works, but I found it very powerful, and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys thoughtful upper-level middle-grade fiction. ( )