This is the three hundred and sixth secondary library newsletter. This week: a dangerous love story in the city of Belfast, haunted by the Troubles… ; the silent protest of Leo and Maryam is gaining momentum… (in French) ; discover the rich and complex history of the Celts ; and as always, all the new books that we recently catalogued…
Voici la trois-cent-sixième lettre d’information de la bibliothèque secondaire. Cette semaine: une dangereuse histoire d’amour dans la ville de Belfast, hantée par les troubles… (en anglais); le mouvement de protestation silencieuse de Leo et Maryam prend de l’ampleur… ; découvrez la riche et complexe histoire des Celtes (en anglais) ; et enfin, comme d’habitude, les nouveautés que nous avons cataloguées récemment…
ACROSS THE BARRICADES / Joan Lingard
A powerful story of young love across the divide, during The Troubles in Northern Ireland; now part of the Originals collection, showcasing Penguin’s very best modern classics for young adults.
Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but it’s not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together – not without dangerous consequences…
Across the barricades, F LIN, 220 pages.
LE SILENCE EST A NOUS / Coline Pierré
Au début il y a Leo. Elle a vu l’agression au lycée mais elle est restée sans voix.
Et puis, il y a la rencontre avec Maryam et la force des amitiés salvatrices, de celles qui changent la vie et donnent le courage de se faire entendre.
Seulement, à quoi bon parler si personne n’écoute ? Une flamme s’allume et se propage. Et le silence devient plus bruyant que les mots…
Le silence est à nous, R PIE, 430 pages.
THE CELTS / Ian Stewart
A history of Celtic thought and identity over the last three centuries. This book will be the first synoptic historical study of Celtic ideas in the modern era.
The Celts are perennially popular in both academic and popular culture, having been the subject of several recent books – scholarly and otherwise – as well as a major exhibition, ‘The Celts: Art and Identity’, at the British Museum and National Museum of Scotland in 2015-16.
However, attention remains overwhelmingly focused on the ancient peoples labelled ‘Celts’, with little interrogation of how and why they became known as such during the modern period. In addressing these questions this study will be the first to account for the trajectory of ideas of the Celts – or ‘Celticism’ – and how they became fundamental pillars of national identities in western Europe, especially in Britain, Ireland, and France.
A transnational approach covering the period from roughly 1700 to the present day will allow the proposed volume to chart the transformation of perceptions of the Celts from those of a sought-after European ancestor to those of a marginalised people living on the ‘fringes’ of western Europe.
In doing so it will illustrate the wider intellectual, cultural, and political ramifications of this protracted ideological shift in different national contexts. As nationalism resurfaces across Europe, this timely study will reveal the intellectual history of a prominent cultural identity and show the historical contingency of Celtic-based nations, national identities, and nationalisms.
The Celts, 936.4 STE, 549 pages.
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And finally, discover all the new books that we catalogued recently.
Pour finir, voici les livres que nous avons catalogués récemment.
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