Le Cathal Ó Searcaigh,
Leabhar Breac 2023,
ISBN 9781913814359,
Lth/ 306,
Beirt chainteoirí óga Gaeilge as Cloich Cheann Fhaola in iarthuaisceart Dhún na nGall iad príomhcharachtair an úrscéil a chreideann go bhfuil siad ag dul ar eachtra ghlórmhar gan tuairim ar bith faoi na réaltachtaí uafáis a thiocfadh leo mar choisithe ar an bhfronta thiar. Is leabhar thar a bheith corraitheach é Saighdiúir a léiríonn uafás agus uafás na coimhlinte uafásach sin. Tugann sé cur síos beoga croíúil ar an gcur amú tragóideach a bhaineann le saolta gairide óga a cuireadh isteach i ngialla borbacha an chogaidh. Ceartúchán corraitheach é ar mhiotas an chogaidh chóir.
The novel’s protagonists are two young Gaelic speakers from Cloich Cheann Fhaola in north west Donegal who believe they are going on a glorious adventure without any real notion of the horrific realities they would encounter as infantrymen on the western front. Saighdiúir (Soldier) is an immensely moving book that evokes the horror and the terror of that dreadful conflict. It gives vivid heart-rending descriptions of the tragic waste of brief young lives fed into the voracious jaws of war. It is a harrowing corrective to the myth of a just war.
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