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The Anchor book of new Irish writing : the new Gaelach ficsean / edited and with an introduction by John Somer and John J. Daly.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, English--Irish authors.
- Short stories, English.
- Ireland--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Ireland.
- Manners and customs.
- English fiction--20th century.
- English fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories, English.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 366 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Anchor Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- From a nation of storytellers comes a rich, dramatic collection of short fiction that demonstrates the power, vitality, and diversity of the modern Irish story. From writers whose work has become synonymous with the contemporary Irish literary renaissance--such as Maeve Binchy, Neil Jordan, and Patrick McCabe--to a host of fresh voices that represent the emerging vanguard of Irish fiction, this extraordinary group of short stories showcases where Irish writers are now, as well as where they are headed.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Cathal's 'Peculiar Curse': Politics and the Contemporary Writer" xiii
- I Summer Night
- / Elizabeth Bowen
- "Summer Night" 3
- II Nightwind
- / John Banville
- "Nightwind" 35
- / Desmond Hogan
- "The Bombs" 44
- / Bernard Maclaverty
- "Between Two Shores" 56
- / Cherry Smyth
- "Near the Bone" 68
- / Clare Boylan
- "The Little Madonna" 74
- / Rita Kelly
- "En Famille" 82
- / Maeve Binchy
- "Shepherd's Bush" 92
- / Anne Devlin
- "Naming the Names" 108
- III Telling
- / Evelyn Conlon
- "Telling" 131
- / Emma Donoghue
- "Seven Pictures Not Taken" 135
- / Aidan Mathews
- "The Strangest Feeling in Bernard's Bathroom" 140
- "The Story of the German Parachutist Who Landed Forty-Two Years Late" 152
- / Anne Enright
- "What Are Cicadas?" 168
- "Men and Angels" 175
- / Patrick McCabe
- "The Hands of Dingo Deery" 183
- / Ronan Sheehan
- "Telescope" 200
- IV Persona
- "Persona" 211
- / Michael O'Loughlin
- "The Making of a Bureaucrat" 220
- / Eamonn Sweeney
- "Lord McDonald" 227
- / Mary Dorcey
- "A Sense of Humour" 235
- / Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
- "The Garden of Eden" 253
- / Joseph O'Connor
- "The Long Way Home" 260
- V The Sloe-Black River
- / Colum McCann
- "Fishing the Sloe-Black River" 279
- "Cathal's Lake" 282
- VI The Dream of a Beast
- / Neil Jordan
- "The Dream of a Beast" 293.
- ISBN:
- 0385498896
- OCLC:
- 43186063
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