We Don't Know Ourselves
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| Author | Fintan O’Toole |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | History, essay, memoir |
| Publisher | Head of Zeus (UK), Liveright (U.S.) |
Publication date | 2021 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 624[1] |
| ISBN | 978-1784978297 |
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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 (published with the subtitle A Personal History of Modern Ireland in the United States) is a book by Irish journalist and critic Fintan O’Toole published in 2021. The book combines aspects of history, memoir, reporting, political commentary and criticism to present a portrait of Ireland from 1958 to the present day.
Synopsis
Reception
We Don't Know Ourselves was a No. 1 Irish Times bestseller.[1] It received positive reviews in the Irish Times,[2] The Guardian,[3] The Atlantic,[4] New York Times,[5] Times Literary Supplement,[6] and the Financial Times.[7] The Times Literary Supplement describes the book as "masterly, fascinating and frequently horrifying".[6] It was selected as one of The New York Times's "10 Best Books of 2022" list.[8]
Awards
The book won the 2021 Book of the Year award at the Irish Book Awards.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "We Don't Know Ourselves". The Guardian Bookshop. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ Ferriter, Diarmaid. "We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958, by Fintan O'Toole". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ Toibín, Colm (20 September 2021). "We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole review – sweeping account of Ireland's evolutions". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ Murphy, Cullen (14 March 2022). "Ireland's Great Gamble". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ McCann, Colum (15 March 2022). "His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland's". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "How Ireland turned a blind eye to its own cruelties | John Banville". TLS. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole — growing pains". Financial Times. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ "The 10 Best Books of 2022". The New York Times. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ↑ "Home". Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
