Music imported from America, which raises the question of just how independentĪnd authentically Irish this identity might be. Unfortunately, in The Commitments, the main source of that “independent” identity is
Their own cultural identity, even after more than half a century of Have few career opportunities and who are still struggling to find a sense of Its characters are young Irish men and women who
The novelįeatures an impoverished Dublin that still bears the stamp of centuries ofīritish colonial domination. Was fighting for its economic survival in the years before the Irish economicīoom of the 1990s made Ireland one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Was a huge success that launched its author on a major literary career, partlyīecause of its hip, postmodern use of popular culture as its literary material.īut the book also captures the texture of life in a working-class Dublin that
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