Review
'Here are William Trevor, Colm Tóibín, Roddy Doyle, Clare Boylan and all the other geniuses ... Unmissable'
--The Times
'A book that intoxicates you with the sheer scope and potency of the short story form' --Metro
'More cherishable than canonical, and refreshingly contemporary in its selection of writers and writerly concerns' --Times Literary Supplement
'A rich and absorbing volume which at its finest, produces brilliantly skewering fragments written to pierce as well as gleam' --Scotland on Sunday
'Full of tales that combine lyricism, humour and tragedy'
--Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller
'Enright has assembled a collection notable for its emotional range and its willingness to reflect current realities' --Irish Times
`This eclectic anthology does to justice to Ireland's 20th-century riches, and challenges a few clichés' --Independent
'On the strength of this collection, one can at least hope that the revived short story may continue as one of the few expansionist inheritances of the dead Celtic Tiger'
--Financial Times
--The Times
'A book that intoxicates you with the sheer scope and potency of the short story form' --Metro
'More cherishable than canonical, and refreshingly contemporary in its selection of writers and writerly concerns' --Times Literary Supplement
'A rich and absorbing volume which at its finest, produces brilliantly skewering fragments written to pierce as well as gleam' --Scotland on Sunday
'Full of tales that combine lyricism, humour and tragedy'
--Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller
'Enright has assembled a collection notable for its emotional range and its willingness to reflect current realities' --Irish Times
`This eclectic anthology does to justice to Ireland's 20th-century riches, and challenges a few clichés' --Independent
'On the strength of this collection, one can at least hope that the revived short story may continue as one of the few expansionist inheritances of the dead Celtic Tiger'
--Financial Times
Product Description
This is a dazzling collection of stories, which moves from the classic Irish short story of Frank O'Connor and Mary Lavin, to contemporary writers like Aidan Mathews and Claire Keegan, via stories by Samuel Beckett, Colm Toibin, Maeve Brennan, Bernard MacLaverty. It includes a pithy and passionate introduction by Anne Enright.
About the Author
Anne Enright has published essays, short stories, a non-fiction book about motherhood, and four novels, including The Gathering, winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize. She lives in Dublin.
