Belfast rises up unforgettably in Ciaran Carson's stunning elegy to his home. For Carson, the Northern Irish city -- known mostly to American readers as troubled -- is situated where memory and imagination meet. His Belfast is a place alive with stories, where childhood's visions fuse with mastery of expression. Every shimmering sentence of this remarkable, loving, and uncanny memoir hums with detail and feeling, whether the subjects of reminiscence are stamps, out-of-print books, airplane models, old trolley-car maps, ...
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Belfast rises up unforgettably in Ciaran Carson's stunning elegy to his home. For Carson, the Northern Irish city -- known mostly to American readers as troubled -- is situated where memory and imagination meet. His Belfast is a place alive with stories, where childhood's visions fuse with mastery of expression. Every shimmering sentence of this remarkable, loving, and uncanny memoir hums with detail and feeling, whether the subjects of reminiscence are stamps, out-of-print books, airplane models, old trolley-car maps, postcards, the Easter Rebellion, recollections of the Titanic (which was built at Belfast's Queen's Island shipbuilding works), family memoirs, railway patterns, or abandoned factories. Carson dives into his wormhole of memory and conjures up a place of labyrinthine magic. In these pages Belfast is more than just alive; it is life itself. Like Angela's Ashes, The Star Factory is a breathtaking and breathless tour de force no reader will be able to put down.
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Add this copy of The Star Factory to cart. $7.35, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Arcade Publishing.
Add this copy of The Star Factory to cart. $7.38, good condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tontitown, AR, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Arcade Publishing.
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Good in good dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
Add this copy of The Star Factory to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Arcade Publishing.
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Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Perfectbound wrappers. Fine with publisher's letter laid in. A memoir of the streets, places and people of Belfast and the author's childhood there.
Add this copy of The Star Factory Carson, Ciaran to cart. $52.49, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Arcade Publishing.
Add this copy of The Star Factory to cart. $72.04, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Arcade Publishing.
