The book includes two works by the modern Irish writer Jennifer Johnston "Is it far from Babylon?" and "Old Joke. "The first of them covers the period from the beginning of the century to 1915. The second time is the summer of 1920, the moment of aggravation of the national liberation struggle of the Irish people. The whole history of Ireland is a continuous chain of wars, uprisings and rebellions sunk in blood. But again and again the Irish people stood up to fight.