The Scribner book of Irish writing / edited and with an introduction by John Somer and John J. Daly
2001, First Edition. London : Scribner. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Previous owner's gift inscription to interior front wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #474970
ISBN: 0743208676
Physical description; xv, 366 p. ; 20 cm. Contents; Summer night / Elizabeth Bowen -- Nightwind / John Banville -- The bombs / Desmond Hogan -- Between two shores / Bernard MacLaverty -- Near the bone / Cherry Smyth -- The little Madonna / Clare Boylan -- En famille / Rita Kelly -- Shepherd's bush / Maeve Binchy -- Naming the names / Anne Devlin -- Telling / Evelyn Conlon -- Seven pictures not taken / Emma Donoghue -- The strangest feeling in Bernard's bathroom ; The story of the German parachutist who landed forty-two years late / Aidan Mathews -- What are cicadas ; Men and angels / Anne Enright -- The hands of Dingo Deery / Patrick McCabe -- Telescope / Ronan Sheehan -- Persona / John Banville -- The making of a bureaucrat / Michael O'Loughlin -- Lord McDonald / Eamonn Sweeney -- A sense of humour / Mary Dorcey -- The Garden of Eden / Éilís Ní Dhuibhne -- The long way home / Joseph O'Connor -- Fishing the sloe-black river ; Cathal's Lake / Colum McCann -- The dream of a beast / Neil Jordan. Subjects; Short stories, Irish. Short stories, English Irish authors. Ireland Social life and customs ; Fiction.
Price: €10.95