num_pages: 320
description: This novel is set in late 19th-century Ireland, where Corney Crone grows up in a family marked by poverty, pride, and spoiled aspiration. The recurring theme in Corney's life is one of solitude, a note which becomes more dominant in his old age. Corney is a "bird alone," reliving theexperiences of his youth and the secret love for his childhood sweetheart.
language: English
title: Bird Alone
titlecomplete: Bird Alone (Twentieth Century Classics)
genres: Ireland, Fiction
ratings_count: 40
publisher: Oxford University Press