I first started reading Stephens when I was studying in Ireland- this book is by far his best. You would do well to be familiar with Irish Mythology and his contemporary writers to understand a lot of the humor, as he pokes fun at both throughout the book. Like any book, you can read it on different

I listed this book although I don't own a copy now. I read it at my college library, perhaps out of curiosity piqued by its small hardbound copy, old and classical-looking, or maybe by the opening lines quoted here in Goodreads, which I have completely forgotten. But although I've forgotten the word

The Crock of Gold is an absurdist parable told in the fanciful style of fairy tales…
In the centre of the pine wood called Coilla Doraca there lived not long ago two Philosophers… Their faces looked as though they were made of parchment, there was ink under their nails, and every difficulty that was

Stāstu var lasīt vairākos slāņos. Ļoti patīk šādi stāsti, kur pārdabiskie spēki, dažādas dievības, piedalās notikumu gaitā. Paralēli stāstam var iepazīties ar autora filozofiskajiem uzskatiem par pasauli un cilvēka dabu. Man gan vēl kārtīgi jāpadomā par šo darbu.

Picked it up at a garage sale because it looked magical, and indeed it was. Funny and lovely and unpretentious, flipping between lyrically wise and hysterically judgmental (would be offensive, e.g. on gender analyses, if the passages weren't clearly in character and deliberate, and were later evened

This is a hard book to describe. The plot, as much as there is one, involve two philosophers, a bunch of leprechauns, a crock of gold, two gods and police who can’t be bothered to investigate. It is a rambling book, where characters come and go as the author seemingly gets tired of them. The plot ta

Una favola come metafora della vita

Assurdo, fantastico, fantasmagorico, esilarante, non-senso, brillante, folle ed assolutamente intelligente! Questi sono gli aggettivi che mi vengono in mente quando penso a questa sorta di favola-geniale che è “La pentola dell'oro”.
Un viaggio sulla vita pieno di si