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Autobiography of Frank O'Connor Series

This autobiographical series offers a candid and intimate look into the life and work of one of Ireland's most significant short story writers. Follow his journey from humble beginnings in Cork to international recognition. Each installment reveals his inner world, literary inspirations, and profound observations on human nature. It's a captivating exploration of an artist's mind and Ireland's tumultuous history.

My Father's Son
An Only Child

Recommended Reading Order

  1. An Only Child

    • 219 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    The story of Frank O'Connor is that of a shy child from a Cork slum who becomes aware that there is something beyond the confines of his life and the lives around him, something grander. And with resolve and labor, he makes his way toward it. From his childhood to the time of his release from imprisonment as a revolutionary, O'Connor conveys the moral fortune and the tragic elements of life, that sparked his storytelling - a life he describes as a "celebration of those who for me represented all I should ever know of God."

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  2. My Father's Son

    • 192 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    In this memoir Frank O'Connor recreates his young manhood - the beginning of his life as a writer and his relationship to Yeats and the other leading figures of Ireland's great literary renaissance.

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