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The Wilderness
Liam O'Flaherty

“The Wilderness is essentially a simple story of unbridled passions, frustrated ambitions and hunger for land, but in the hands of O’Flaherty it becomes a tour de force that tears through the mind with the careless abandon of an Atlantic breaker.”
- Sunday Press

Henry Lawless is a young mystic visionary who retreats to a quiet valley to pursue a spiritual odyssey.
Shortly after his arrival, the superficial peace that cloaked this glen is disturbed by his presence and activities. His generosity provokes greed; his love provokes hatreds; his search for truth reveals tragic falsities.

Though the valley has ‘the mystery of a hidden wilderness’, its inhabitants destroy its peace and beauty by their conflicts - each carries within a wilderness of self-absorption.