by Dervla Murphy · Devin-Adair Pub · tapa dura · ISBN 9780719534768
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«A Place Apart» is Dervla Murphy's travel book, published by Devin-Adair Pub in hardback (290 pages, in English).
Dervla Murphy travels through Northern Ireland and portrays its people and their daily life in a region marked by conflict. Based on a diary written in the border areas, Murphy attempts to clarify the political intransigences that are difficult to understand from outside, with stops in places like Derry.
The work, published in 1978, won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize. It includes a bibliography at the end of the volume.
Aimed at readers interested in the recent history of Northern Ireland and in non-fiction narrative.
Dervla Murphy was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books, writing for more than 50 years.
