{"product_id":"a-hyphenated-childhood","title":"A Hyphenated Childhood","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eA Hyphenated Childhood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRalph Cusack\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781628976694\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDalkey Archive Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e225\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I shall begin well before the beginning. And end after the end. That is how it should be. And most of it will be lies, fabrications, inexactitudes, approximations, near misses, botched hits...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Cusack published only one novel in his lifetime: \u003cem\u003eCadenza\u003c\/em\u003e, a meandering, autofictional journey through one man's memory often compared to the work of Joyce and Beckett. \u003cem\u003eA Hyphenated Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e, Cusack's previously unpublished and unfinished memoir, paints a rich portrait of the young life that influenced that novel. In charismatic, evocative prose, Cusack imagines the plight of his mother's pregnancy, unfolds dreamlike descriptions of the foggy hills of the countryside where he grew up, reflects upon the aftermath of the fight for Irish independence, and recalls summiting Mount Vesuvius on a family trip to Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough unfinished--hyphenated--this portrait of an early twentieth-century Irish childhood stands as a remarkable tribute to the talent of one of the first writers to ever be published by Dalkey Archive Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"A Hyphenated Childhood | Ralph Cusack | Paperback | 9781628976694 | New | Fiction 1774965","offer_id":49980556705944,"sku":"1774965","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71XuQdJCW-L.jpg?v=1790168571","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/a-hyphenated-childhood","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}