Short stories by Niall McArdle #readingirelandmonth19
No 536 After Rain by William Trevor #readingirelandmonth19
William Trevor has long been acclaimed as one of the finest short story writers in the discipline, and After Rain confirms that reputation. This is a stunning and affecting collection of twelve perfectly crafted stories, all exploring the lives of the lost and the lonely. With an unrivalled skill, he insightfully illuminates these quiet lives…
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No 537 Happiness by Mary Lavin #readingirelandmonth19
Mary Lavin is probably one of the best short story writers you have never heard of. A former staffer at The New Yorker in its heyday, Joyce Carol Oates has called her one of the ‘finest short story writers of the twentieth century’. Her stories are, in the main, concerned with the domestic sphere and…
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No 538 The Ante-Room by Kate O’Brien #readingirelandmonth19
Ante-Room (noun): A room before, or forming an entrance to, another A small room, especially a waiting room, that leads into a larger, more important room The Ante-Room, Kate O’Brien’s second novel, was published in 1934, but is set in 1880. A deeply moral work, it focuses on the lives of the prosperous Mulqueen family…
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