Collected Stories

By Bernard MacLaverty

Book Overview

For the first time all of Bernard MacLaverty's unforgettable short stories are gathered together, with a new introduction by the author

Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too--private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories--with their wry, self-deprecating humor, their elegance, and subtle wisdom--gets to the very heart of life. Since the publication of Secrets and Other Stories in 1977, Bernard MacLaverty has been celebrated as one of the finest living short-story writers. Writing in the New York Times, William Boyd summoned the shades of Yeats, Joyce, and Flann O'Brien, insisting that "MacLaverty sits perfectly comfortably" in their company.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00E1D0OQW
• ISBN13: 9780099561583
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 8.6"