Irish Short Stories

This anthology collects Irish short fiction from the eighteenth century through the later twentieth, placing earlier rural and Big House pieces beside Dublin stories and work by writers of the Literary Revival and after. Typical subjects are family authority, land and inheritance, the Church, emigration, and the comic or bitter anecdote of parish life. Settings run from farms and country towns to city streets and lodging houses. The volume is a survey of the Irish short story as a form - compressed lives, sudden revelations, and talk - rather than a single author's cycle or a historical essay on Ireland.

Bound in green cloth decorated in green, red and gold. Black slipcase with pattern and title printed on front.