Stories by Contemporary Irish Women

Book Overview

These short stories invite the reader to see Ireland afresh. Included are works by well-known authors such as Mary Lavin, Edna O'Brien, and Julia O'Faolain; the collection also showcases new writers such as Clare Boylan, Rita Kelly, and Una Woods.

Repeatedly, the stories bring us up against the inherent contradiction of provincial Ireland and Ireland as a modern European state, and the complexities of women's lives in both. Helen Lucy
Burke...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815602499
• ISBN13: 9780815602491
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"