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The Irish have always had a way with words. They took on a language not their own and learned to re-word it into pure magic. Nowhere is this magic more in evidence than in their short stories—stories that combine lyricism, humor, and tragedy with rare imagination set in simple backgrounds, largely without props. The seemingly effortless art of the best Irish writers has an appeal that is naive and highly sophisticated at the same time; the disarming simplicity with which the tales are spun being somewhat misleading at the first reading. This anthology gathers some of the more representative examples of Irish short fiction, emphasizing variety. All are a delight to read.
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44 Irish Short Stories. An Anthology of Irish Short Fiction from Yeats to Frank O'Connor, Devin A. Garrity
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- Released
- 1980
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- Title
- 44 Irish Short Stories. An Anthology of Irish Short Fiction from Yeats to Frank O'Connor
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Devin A. Garrity
- Publisher
- The Devin-Adair Company
- Released
- 1980
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 500
- ISBN10
- 0517095300
- ISBN13
- 9780517095300
- Series
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- The Irish have always had a way with words. They took on a language not their own and learned to re-word it into pure magic. Nowhere is this magic more in evidence than in their short stories—stories that combine lyricism, humor, and tragedy with rare imagination set in simple backgrounds, largely without props. The seemingly effortless art of the best Irish writers has an appeal that is naive and highly sophisticated at the same time; the disarming simplicity with which the tales are spun being somewhat misleading at the first reading. This anthology gathers some of the more representative examples of Irish short fiction, emphasizing variety. All are a delight to read.