Ganges river before Sunrise
The Ganges river seen from a small boat very early in the morning.
April 23, 2005
Random post from the past:
Oscar Wilde in a Dublin Park
For some reason, this relatively small country has produced many literary giants, including 4 Noble price winners. The one author that is most often associated with Ireland is James Joyce ("Dubliners", "Ulysses", "Finnegan's Wake") and "Bloomsday" (16 June) celebrating the adventures of Leopold Bloom (the main character in "Ulysses") in Dublin is a sort of National Holiday. To name just a few of the other Irish classics: Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett,WB Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, Bram Stoker ("Dracula"), Seamus Heaney, James Connolly, Oliver Goldsmith and modern author Brendan Behan. ...