{"product_id":"sense-of-wonder","title":"Sense Of Wonder","description":"Long before there was a peace process in Ireland, Van Morrison unwittingly did his bit to unite a nation divided. Born in the heart of East Belfast in the North, he is revered as a Celtic soul hero in the South. His music, while rooted in jazz and blues and soul, has an Irish accent, a distinctly Protestant Irish accent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMorrison's songs form amap of this small island, a map of places, people, and cultures, too. They evoke a long-ago Belfast at a time before it became violently divided by sectarian conflict during the Troubles. They laud literary g iants James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, and Oscar Wilde. They tell of the immigrant experience, the going away from the land that has long been Ireland'sheartache. And they form a map of Morrison himself, revealing more than this notoriously difficult character ever would in interviews or conver sations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Sense of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e is not a biography of Van Morrison. Rather, it is a journey through the Ireland depicted in his songs, a journey that begins in Hyndford Street, where we encounter the likes of John McCormack and the McPeake family, and culminates in a unique picture of an idyllic, almost mythical Ireland where spirituality trumps organized religion, and art yields a stronger legacy than politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on original research and interviews with a wide range of characters, from collaborators and associates of Morrison to Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and actor Liam Neeson,this is a book about the Ireland that made Morrison, and the Ireland th at he has remade himself through a stunning, sprawling body of work thatspans almost six decades.","brand":"Encore Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40880485531707,"sku":"119112","price":44.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/9275\/6027\/products\/119112.jpg?v=1665860299","url":"https:\/\/www.music2u.com.au\/products\/sense-of-wonder","provider":"Music2u.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}