{"id":13357,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13357"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:06:37","slug":"the-house-of-special-purpose-john-boyne_s-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/the-house-of-special-purpose-john-boyne_s-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"The House of special Purpose&#8230;.John Boyne_s novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\">The House of Special Purpose&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2009<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\">By<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\">John Boyne&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\u00a314.99<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">Sc\u00e9al Corraitheach<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Mar bhronntanas a fuair m\u00e9 an leabhar seo, ar na mallaibh, agus d\u00e9anta na f\u00edrinne, is fada an l\u00e1 \u00f3 l\u00e9igh m\u00e9 leabhar chomh corraitheach leis. John Boyne a chuir an leabhar bre\u00e1 seo i dtoll a ch\u00e9ile. In \u00c9irinn a rugadh is a t\u00f3gadh an t-\u00fadar seo, a bhfuil s\u00e9 h\u00farsceal curtha dhe aige, cheana f\u00e9in, agus an leabhar m\u00f3r-r\u00e1chairte, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><em>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, ina measc. T\u00e1 f\u00e1il ar a \u00farsc\u00e9alta i  gc\u00faig theanga is triocha, faoin am seo. T\u00e1 c\u00f3na\u00ed ar an \u00fadar ild\u00e1nach seo i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath. Ach le filleadh ar an leabhar corraitheach seo&#8230;..<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Tosa\u00edonn an sc\u00e9al seo sa bhliain 1981, agus pr\u00edomhcharachtar an sc\u00e9il, agus fear inste an sc\u00e9il freisin, Georgy Daniilovich Jachmenev, ag dul siar ar bh\u00f3ithr\u00edn na smaointe. Nach ait mar a chuireann s\u00e9 chun b\u00f3thair siar&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt;margin-left:36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u201cMy mother and father did not have a happy marriage. Years have passed since I last endured their company, decades, but they pass through my thoughts almost every day for a few moments, no longer than that..\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">B\u00f3ithr\u00edn na Smaointe<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">T\u00e1 s\u00e9 ina sheanfhear anois, \u00e9 dh\u00e1 bhliain is ceithre sc\u00f3r d\u2019aois. Ins\u00edonn s\u00e9 d\u00fainn faoina thuismitheoir\u00ed, faoina \u00f3ige, faoina shaol i seirbh\u00eds an S\u00e1ir, mar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">chaomhn\u00f3ir ar Alexei, an S\u00e1revich, agus faoi thr\u00e9imhse na r\u00e9abhl\u00f3ide, nuair a scriosadh an tsean-r\u00e9, agus nuair a d\u2019\u00e9alaigh Georgy \u00f3 th\u00edr a dh\u00fachais. N\u00edor fhill s\u00e9 ar an dt\u00edr sin riamh ina dhiaidh sin. N\u00ed hionann sin is a r\u00e1 nach smaoin\u00edonn s\u00e9 orthu, corruair&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt;margin-left:36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u201cIt has been more than sixty years since I last laid eyes on any member of my blood family. It\u2019s almost impossible to believe that I have lived to this age, eighty-two, and spent such a small proportion of my given time among them&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">D\u2019fh\u00e1g s\u00e9 na seanlaethe ina dhiaidh, agus thug aghaidh ar an saol m\u00f3r amuigh. Tr\u00e9imhse i bP\u00e1<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ras na Fraince, agus an chuid eile d\u00e1 laethe i Londain Shasana. Ph\u00f3s s\u00e9 Zoya i bP\u00e1ras, agus mhaireadar ar sc\u00e1th a ch\u00e9ile \u00f3n l\u00e1 sin anall. Ach, th\u00e1inig ailse ar Zoya, agus faoin am \u00e1irithe seo, t\u00e1 s\u00ed do-leigheasta, agus \u00ed ag fanacht go foighdeach ar Ridire an Chorr\u00e1in. Cuireann s\u00e9 cr\u00edoch lena thuras sin siar b\u00f3ithr\u00edn na smaointe&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt;margin-left:36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u201cOf course, I was not always this old and weak. My strength was what led me away from Kashin. (<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><em>a bhaile dhuchais<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">) It is what brought me to Zoya in the first place.\u201d <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Seolann an smaoineamh sin siar go laethe a \u00f3ige \u00e9, siar go h\u00e1irithe, go dt\u00ed an bhliain, 1915.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">R\u00e9 na S\u00e1r<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Is \u00e9 c\u00falra stairi\u00fail an sc\u00e9il seo, n\u00f3 R\u00fais na S\u00e1r, \u00f3n mbliain 1915 i leith. Ba \u00e9 an Dara Niocl\u00e1s, S\u00e1r na R\u00faiseanna uilig, a bh\u00ed i gcumhacht, ag an am, agus an t\u00edr ollmh\u00f3r sin s\u00e1ite go dt\u00ed na cluasa i gcoga\u00edocht, thart ar an mbliain chinni\u00fanach \u00fad, 1915. Tharla ag an am sin, go raibh pr\u00edomhcharachtar an sc\u00e9il seo, Georgy Daniilovich Jachmenev s\u00e9 bliana d\u00e9ag d\u2019aois, agus \u00e9 ag cur faoi in \u00e1it a dtugta\u00ed Kashin air. Tharla ag an am sin d\u00edreach, go raibh colceathair an tS\u00e1ir, An Di\u00fac Niocl\u00e1s Nicolaievich, ar a b<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">healach go dt\u00ed Pal\u00e1s an Gheimhridh, i St. Petersburg, pr\u00edomhchathair R\u00edocht na R\u00faise, ag an am. Ar a bhealach tr\u00ed Kashin, rinne cara Georgy iarracht ar an Di\u00fac a l\u00e1mhach, ach d\u2019\u00e9irigh le Georgy an Di\u00fac a sh\u00e1bh\u00e1il tr\u00ed theacht sa mbealach, d\u2019aon ghn\u00f3, idir an Di\u00fac agus an pil\u00e9ar, agus ba \u00e9 toradh a bh\u00ed ar an ngn\u00edomh misni\u00fail sin, n\u00f3 gur crochadh a chara, agus gur t\u00f3gadh Georgy fh\u00e9in go St. Petersburg,  le bheith ina chosant\u00f3ir pearsanta, n\u00f3 ina chaomhn\u00f3ir, ag an S\u00e1revich Alexei, nach raibh ach ina ghas\u00far, d\u2019a<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">on bhliain d\u00e9ag, ag an am.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">N\u00edl dabht ar domhan, ach gur chuir a ghn\u00edomh cr\u00f3ga i Kashin, an l\u00e1 \u00fad, cor ina chinni\u00faint, n\u00f3 \u00f3n l\u00e1 sin amach, n\u00edor leag s\u00e9 sp\u00e1g leis ar thalamh Kashin go deo ar\u00eds, n\u00f3 n\u00edor chas \u00e9inne d\u00e1 mhuintir leis, tiomanta d\u00e1 dheirfi\u00far, Asya, a thaistil chomh fada le St. Petersburg, ag s\u00fail go mbeadh a dearth\u00e1ir \u00e1balta post eic\u00ednt a fh\u00e1il di san Ardchathair. Ach n\u00ed raibh. D\u2019\u00e9irigh go maith le Georgy sa Winter Palace, agus bh\u00ed saol i bhfad n\u00edos fearr aige ann, n\u00e1 mar a bh\u00ed ag a mhuintir, thiar<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ag an mbaile. N\u00ed mhaireann an rith maith ag an each i gc\u00f3na\u00ed \u00e1fach, agus ba \u00e9 an d\u00e1la c\u00e9anna ag Georgy s\u2019againne \u00e9, n\u00f3 i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, chuir na <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bolsheviks cos i bpoll leis an S\u00e1r agus lena chlann, taobh amuigh d\u2019Anastasia, an in\u00edon ab \u00f3ige den \u00e1l. D\u2019\u00e9irigh le Georgy c\u00fanamh a thabhairt di \u00e9al\u00f3 \u00f3na naimhde, agus an choigr\u00edoch a thabhairt uirthi fh\u00e9in, agus i gc\u00e1s Georgy fh\u00e9in, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis-sean P\u00e1ras na Fraince a bhaint amach, \u00e1it ar chaith s\u00e9 blianta, ag obair i siopa leabhar, agus \u00e1it ar ph\u00f3s s\u00e9 a ch<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ail\u00edn b\u00e1n, Zoya.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">I Londain Shasana<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Ar ball, thr\u00e9igeadar beirt P\u00e1ras, agus thugadar Londain Shasana orthu fh\u00e9in, \u00e1it ar shocraigh siad s\u00edos, agus \u00e1it ar chaith siad an chuid eile d\u00e1 saol. Fuair Georgy post mar leabharlanna\u00ed, i Leabharlann Iarsmalann na Breataine. Bh\u00ed in\u00edon amh\u00e1in orthu, ach fuair sise b\u00e1s, ach d\u2019fh\u00e1g mac ina diaidh. I ndeireadh a laethe thiar, tr\u00e1th a raibh na ceithre sc\u00f3r bailithe ag Georgy, bhuail an ailse Zoya, ach shocraigh s\u00ed ar dhul ar thuras, s\u00e1r a bhfaigheadh s\u00ed b\u00e1s, turas siar ar th\u00edr&#8230;. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Ach, le tuilleadh eolais a fh\u00e1il faoi dturas, agus faoi ch\u00farsa\u00ed saoil na beirte sin, sea, agus faoi r\u00fan diamhair an sc\u00e9il fh\u00e9in, t\u00e1 fait\u00edos orm go gcaithfidh t\u00fa an leabhar a fh\u00e1il agus a l\u00e9amh, ach geallaimse dhuit \u00e9, nach mbeidh a chath\u00fa sin ort, n\u00f3 t\u00e1 an leabhar seo ar cheann de na leabhair is fearr, agus is sp\u00e9isi\u00fala d\u00e1r l\u00e9igh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in, le fada an l\u00e1.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Special Purpose&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2009 By John Boyne&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\u00a314.99 . Sc\u00e9al Corraitheach Mar bhronntanas a fuair m\u00e9 an leabhar seo, ar na mallaibh, agus d\u00e9anta na f\u00edrinne, is fada an l\u00e1 \u00f3 l\u00e9igh m\u00e9 leabhar chomh corraitheach leis. John Boyne a chuir an leabhar bre\u00e1 seo i dtoll a ch\u00e9ile. In \u00c9irinn a rugadh is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13358,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13357\/revisions\/13358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}