British troops were brought in to maintain order in Belfast where clashes wereongoing. The flag of the Republic of Ireland is visible in the window on

British soldiers in Divis Street in the Catholic area of Belfast

In a bus, passing the customs house on the border between Northern Ireland andthe Republic of Ireland to the south

Fighters for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in training. The photo was taken ineither Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, but at the time Ok

Foyle Road on the day after clashes between Catholics and Protestants in the Battleof the Bogside

The Creggan area in Londonderry also saw major clashes during the Battle of theBogside

British army barracks at Crossmaglen on the border of Northern Ireland. Thewindows of the school building have been bricked up

Sturdy steel gates installed at a residence in Saigon, where fierce conflicts wereconstant

(Left) The little village on the far mountainside was already out of sight, and spring was coming around again. The grape trees were like large ailing snakes creeping under the coping stones of the wall. A brown light moved about in the tepid air. The void created by the selfsame every day is likely to chop down even the young trees that were left behind. In this everyday life, a thicket of trees protrudes like a boulder. (Right) The village I lived in has never been thought of as so small. The sun showed itself. The tall poplar forest looks like a beach being blown about by the wind. I grow dizzy just watching that seamless succession. If I can manage to get drunk on this succession of unchanging days, I can also grow to feel like I have taken down an elephant or snake. He differentiated things in this way, like a fluttering butterfly

PASTORALS 22: －I tell you you've moved the boundary stone and you've moved it forward on to my field!... And I'm telling you I haven't... and I'll maintain in front of all the courts that it's due to my father, and even my grandfather, that my boundary's where it is!... Ah! but!..

PASTORALS 22: －I tell you you've moved the boundary stone and you've moved it forward on to my field!... And I'm telling you I haven't... and I'll maintain in front of all the courts that it's due to my father, and even my grandfather, that my boundary's where it is!... Ah! but!..

PASTORALS 22: －I tell you you've moved the boundary stone and you've moved it forward on to my field!... And I'm telling you I haven't... and I'll maintain in front of all the courts that it's due to my father, and even my grandfather, that my boundary's where it is!... Ah! but!..