Pádraig Standún
Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2012
ISBN 978-1-905560-80-6
Lth 216
Tá Músaem Van Gogh in Amstardam ar cheann de na gailearaithe is cáiliúla ar domhan. Tugann na céadta cuairt air gach lá. Ina measc, an lá seo, tá Stiofán Ó hAnluain, a bhfuil an galar Alzheimer’s air agus atá tar éis éalú as teach altranais in Éirinn. Sa ngailearaí uachtair téann Stiofán suas ar uchtbhalla atá trí stór os cionn na talún agus chuile chuma air go bhfuil sé chun lámh a chur ina bhás féin. Tá súile chuile dhuine sa músaem air. Tá glaonna á gcur ar a chlann in Éirinn. Agus tá Stiofán idir dhá chomhairle. Nó trí…
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is one of the most famous museums in the world. Hundreds visit it each day. Stiofán Ó hAnluain, who has Alzheimer’s and who has escaped from the nursing home, is amongst those on this particular day. In the upper gallery Stiofán makes his way up to a parapet wall that is three storeys above ground and there is every likelihood that he will commit suicide. The eyes of everyone in the museum are on him. Calls are being made to his family in Ireland. And Stiofán is in two minds. Or three…
James Feeney (verified owner) –
Molaim an leabhar seo, an ceann is déanaí ó pheann an Standúnaigh, do dhuine ar bith arbh mhaith leis nó léi tuiscint níos doimhne a fháil faoi ghalar Alzheimer ó thaobh an othair, a mhuintire, agus na ndaoine atá ag tabhair aire dó, i nGaeilge bhreá sothuigte, agus, fiú, ghreannmhar. Bhain mé taitmneah as, agus d’fhoghlaim mé a lán rudaí faoi ghalar atá, cá bhfios dom, i stór dom féin (Dia idir sinn agus gach olc!).