Rabindranath Tagore and James Henry Cousins: a conversation in letters, 1915–1940

mirrored in current high-level politics, a detachment forms between the leading parties and everyday citizens as the young generation, which did not directly experience the Troubles, has become more and more diversified and in a way, overlooked. The book appropriately discusses the position of women, poorer classes as well as former prisoners, all of whom, struggle in “new” and “peaceful” Northern Ireland. While at times the text unfortunately describes the issues in the province (e.g. gender-violence, continuing poverty of the lower class, detachment between politicians and citizens) as unique and the chapters themselves are put in a curious order, the publication is nonetheless a great addition to recent texts which focus on Northern Ireland and the legacy of the Troubles. In consideration of the authors’ observations, the book meaningfully does not provide a conclusion and the authors themselves tell the readers that “the peace that we have come to assume in Northern Ireland is far from a perfect peace. It is ragged at the edges and torn in the middle,” (291) and a lot more work is yet to be done.