Fourfront: Short Stories from the Irish
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Bandiet out of Jail. More Stories from Zimbabwe. Short Writings from Zimbabwe. New and Selected Poems. The Boys at Twilight.
Mícheál Ó Conghaile
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Despite the richness of the short story in Irish literature, there remains a relative absence of stories translated from the Irish. This collection of stories aims to help . Editorial Reviews. Language Notes. Text: English (translation) Fourfront: Short Stories from the Irish - Kindle edition by Micheal O Conghaile, Padraic.
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Fourfront: Contemporary Stories Translated from the Irish
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Micheal O Conghaile is one of Ireland's foremost contemporary Irish-language prose writers. His stories are filled with dissidents and rebels, protagonists who find themselves suddenly rev Despite the richness of the short story in Irish literature, there remains a relative absence of stories translated from the Irish.
His stories are filled with dissidents and rebels, protagonists who find themselves suddenly revealed as errata in someone else's master narrative.
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Padraic Breathnach is probably the most prolific short story writer in Irish, with over The four included here show isolated individuals struggling against inherited authority structures, and they may tell us more than any sociologist about the destiny of community. He is glorious and unmatched in his depiction of decay, the decay of social, cultural, and moral fabrics, of landscape and mind gone to seed.
Dara O Conaola's stories share a real generic affinity with that other favored form of Gaelic tradition, the lyric poem. His stories are full of wonder and imagination.
Dara O Conaola's stories share a real generic affinity with that other favored form of Gaelic tradition, the lyric poem. Despite the richness of the short story in Irish literature, there remains a relative absence of stories translated from the Irish. Reality and idealism clash in this novel as a man and his young family return to a rural village after years in the city. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness. Short Stories from the Irish. English Choose a language for shopping.
Lastly, Alan Titley is probably best known as a novelist. Politically, his stories probably represent a more radical, subversive side, while his language reveals a linguistic virtuosity that verges on the carnivalesque. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Fourfront , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
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