The Margellos World Republic of Letters #: The Quick and the Dead

Selected Stories

The Margellos World Republic of Letters #: The Quick and the Dead
Mairtin O Cadhain, Louis de Paor
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Hardback
h197 x 127mm - 352pg
26 Oct 2021 US
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9780300247213
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A collection of the finest stories from the Irish author of The Dirty Dust, published fifty years after his death These colorful tales from renowned Irish author Mairtin O Cadhain (1906-1970) whisk readers to the salty western shores of Ireland, where close-knit farming communities follow the harsh rhythms of custom, family, and land, even as they dream together of a kinder world. In this collection, the resilient women and men of the Gaeltacht regions struggle toward self-realization against the brutal pressures of rural poverty, and later, the hollowing demands of modern city life. Weaving together tradition and modernity, and preserving the earthy cadence of the original language, this rich and heart-rending collection by one of Ireland' s most acclaimed fiction writers is a composite portrait of a country poised at the edge of irreversible transformation.

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"One of the most visionary writers ever to come out of Ireland. "-Belinda McKeon, Irish Independent "Every sentence is packed with explosive power, not a word wasted, and the whole is almost unbearably moving. "-Hilary Mantel "This is an important collection. An encounter with O Cadhain' s work broadens the entire landscape of the Irish short story. It becomes darker, more far flung, and imaginatively turbulent. "-Mike McCormack "O Cadhain' s stories are an integral part of the radical, antic, and mischievous stream of work that began to flow through Irish writing in the mid-twentieth century-in a happy alternative universe, he might be as celebrated now as Flann O' Brien or Samuel Beckett. He was an innovator and a glorious comedian. "-Kevin Barry
Mairtin O Cadhain was born in An Cnocan Glas, Cois Fharraige, Connemara. He is best known for his novel Cre na Cille, which has been translated into English as The Dirty Dust and Graveyard Clay. Louis de Paor is professor of Irish studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780300247213
Published: 26 Oct 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 197mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 352

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