The very best of modern Irish writing is brought together in this unique collection of short stories.
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The very best of modern Irish writing is brought together in this unique collection of short stories, with a preface by Anthony Burgess and with contributions from W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Edna O’Brien, William Trevor, and many more. With a Preface by Anthony Burgess.
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Loving Irish Short Stories,
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This is a book that I ordered for school, but fell in love with. Many of the stories are perfect for a few stolen minutes of reading or the perfect length to relax you at bedtime. This is a book that I will enjoy for many years to come.
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Great book of Irish Fables,
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Fun book full of fascinating Irish Literature. The tales are great read. Took an Irish Lit class and this was a required reading. Enjoyed every bit of it!
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a taste of Irish life,
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There are quite a few good stories in this little volume. In the Preface by Anthony Burgess, you are told the stories will transport you to the Ireland you may remember (or, for me, introduce me to another culture I would never imagine).Some of the stories are grim and some, sort of happy, but they all give you a taste of Irish life. There is the story of a young lady who is becoming an old maid. She cares for her Father, goes to dances, wants to enjoy the company of a certain fellow I the band, but through it all, she has to keep in mind her duties for her Father, and he had needs and responsibilities as well. She just has to live her life as best she can. The fourth wife of a man in a village needs to find out where to bury him. He has constantly told everyone that he is to be buried in a family plot with his family. It is a very ancient cemetery and he never told the location of the plot, so she enlists two other old fellas to find it, but they can not remember rightly, etc. You definitely get a feeling for the ancient culture surrounding the Irish. One old man recounts how he came to be the owner of a farm and what happened to his sons, et al. Another story tells of a couple going to a Christmas party. Old arguments are rehashed and retold. Some times the Catholic-Protestant problems are written of. In one story the fellow did not want Jameson whiskey because it is protestant whiskey, you just do not hear things like that around here.
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George Moore was born at Moore Hall, County Mayo, in 1852. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Cahir Bowes, Meehaul Lynskey, Aunt Kate, Mary Jane, The Pedlar, Aunt Julia, Malachi Roohan, Dano Ryan, Father Hugh, Aunt Fran, Freddy Malins, Miss Ivors, Bowser Egan, Mortimer Hehir, Madge Dowding, Cat Bolger, Dunerling East, Eyes Horgan, Frau Keel, Bartell D'Arcy, Tom Lennon, Ballroom of Romance, Tim Buckley, Abbey Theatre, Father Tim New!
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George Moore was born at Moore Hall, County Mayo, in 1852. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
two gravediggers, stone breaker, gay fellows, hotel woman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cahir Bowes, Meehaul Lynskey, Aunt Kate, Mary Jane, The Pedlar, Aunt Julia, Malachi Roohan, Dano Ryan, Father Hugh, Aunt Fran, Freddy Malins, Miss Ivors, Bowser Egan, Mortimer Hehir, Madge Dowding, Cat Bolger, Dunerling East, Eyes Horgan, Frau Keel, Bartell D'Arcy, Tom Lennon, Ballroom of Romance, Tim Buckley, Abbey Theatre, Father Tim New!
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- The Untilled Field by George Moore on 7 pages
- Modern Irish Short Stories by Ben Forkner in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Trusting and the Maimed by J. Plunkett in Front Matter, and page 401
- James Joyce (Writers and Their Work) by Steven Connor in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- More Pricks Than Kicks by Samuel Beckett in Front Matter, and page 309
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- Representing the Troubles in Irish Short Fiction by Michael L. Storey in Front Matter, page 107, and Back Matter
- Lyric, Meaning, and Audience in the Oral Tradition of Northern Europe (Poetics of Orality and Literacy) by Thomas A. DuBois in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Forging in the Smithy: National Identity and Representation in Anglo-Irish Literary History : The Literature of Politics, the Politics of Literatur (D Q R Studies in Literature) by et al C. C. Barfoot (Editor) on page 124
- Forging in the Smithy: National Identity and Representation in Anglo-Irish Literary History (The Literature of Politics, the Politics of Literature) by C. C. Barfoot (Editor) on page 124
- Stories of the Modern South: Revised Edition by Various in Front Matter
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