Pint of Plain (eBook)

Tradition, Change, and the Fate of the Irish Pub

Bill Barich (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
252 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-3220-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A heartfelt homage to the traditional Irish pub, and to the Irish culture disappearing along with it.

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After meeting an Irishwoman in London and moving to Dublin, Bill Barich?a blow-in, or stranger, in Irish parlance?found himself looking for a traditional Irish pub to be his local. There are nearly 12,000 pubs in Ireland, so he appeared to have plenty of choices. He wanted a pub like the one in John Ford's classic movie, The Quiet Man, offering talk and drink with no distractions, but such pubs are now scare as publicans increasingly rely on flat-screen televisions, rock music, even Texas Hold Em to attract a dwindling clientele. For Barich, this signaled that something deeper was at play?an erosion of the essence of Ireland, perhaps without the Irish even being aware. A Pint of Plain is Barich's witty, deeply observant portrait of an Ireland vanishing before our eyes. While 85 percent of the Irish still stop by a pub at least once a month, strict drunk-driving laws have helped to kill business in rural areas. Even traditional Irish music, whose rich roots connect the past to the present and close a circle, is much less prominent in pub life. Ironically, while Irish pubs in the countryside are closing at the alarming rate of one per day, plastic IPC-type pubs are being born in foreign countries at the exact same rate. From the famed watering holes of Dublin to tiny village pubs, Barich introduces a colorful array of characters, and, ever pursuing craic, the ineffable Irish word for a good time, engages in an unvarnished yet affectionate discussion about what it means to be Irish today.

Autor

Bill Barich is the author of numerous books, among them Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California and The Sporting Life. He has written extensively for theNew Yorker, as well as Playboy and Sports Illustrated. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow in fiction. Barich lives in Dublin, Ireland.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.6.2018
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 100th anniversary • 2015 • 2016 • ALE • america beer brewing • attractions • Beer • beer and wine • beer making • beer recipes • bill barich • books about beer • books about ireland • books for beer drinkers • books for beer lovers • brew your own beer • Celtic • cooking with beer • dk eyewitness • dk guides • dk travel • Dublin • Emerald Isle • Encyclopedia • eyewitness travel • fodor • future trip • Gaelic • Guidebooks • Guiness • home brew beer • home brew for dummies • home brewing • home brew ipa • homebrew journal • homebrew log • homebrew log book • homebrew notebook • homebrew starter kit • home brew wine • Hops • how to make beer • IPA • irealnd • Ireland • Irish culture • Irish heritage • Irish History • irish revolution • irish uprising • Itineraries • James Joyce • Kells • Lager • Lonely Planet • MALT • meehan • Michael Collins • mini-essays • Nikon • oatmeal stout • Phonetic • Pint • Porter • Pubs • pumpkin beer • Regions • rick steves • Scots • sister fidelma • sites • stout beer • supplemental • time alive • Travel • travel guides • Tremayne • upcoming • visiting ireland • visit Ireland • well-rounded history • wheat beer
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-3220-9 / 1510732209
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-3220-9 / 9781510732209