Cocktail Bar by Norah Hoult #readingirelandmonth20
Hostages by Oisín Fagan #readingirelandmonth20
No 490 The Diviner by Brian Friel #readingirelandmonth20
Brian Friel is known now to the world as one of Ireland’s preeminent playwrights. However, in the mid 1960’s he was more concerned with the short story. It was a brief dalliance as, by 1968, Friel had stopped writing short stories altogether, in favour of writing plays. It is said that Friel found the process…
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No 525 Secrets and Other Stories by Bernard MacLaverty (Book 3 of #20booksofsummer)
Northern Exposure is my monthly series where I look at literature from Northern Ireland. I have three books by Northern Irish writers in my 20 Books of Summer stack and the first one up is Secrets and Other Stories by Bernard MacLaverty. Secrets and Other Stories is Bernard MacLaverty’s first short story collection, originally published…
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Don’t Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier #DDMreadingweek
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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Northern Exposure: Catholic Boy by Rosemary Jenkinson
