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Arrows in Flight: Short Stories from a New Ireland
Caroline Walsh
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Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has minor wear to edges but remains very good
Taking the Irish short story into the twenty-first century, a ground-breaking collection from the new generation of short story writers. The short-story tradition in Ireland is a long and noble one, and yet the world mirrored in the Irish short story of the past is fast disappearing. In the twenty-first century a new array of concerns presents itself, moving away from the tyranny of church, poverty and authoritarian figureheads and towards a complex, urban world of hollow promises and short-lived gratification. The new wave of Irish short story writers are moving beyond national boundaries, seeking a different moral climate to ... Read more
Taking the Irish short story into the twenty-first century, a ground-breaking collection from the new generation of short story writers. The short-story tradition in Ireland is a long and noble one, and yet the world mirrored in the Irish short story of the past is fast disappearing. In the twenty-first century a new array of concerns presents itself, moving away from the tyranny of church, poverty and authoritarian figureheads and towards a complex, urban world of hollow promises and short-lived gratification. The new wave of Irish short story writers are moving beyond national boundaries, seeking a different moral climate to ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pocket Books/TownHouse
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903650448
SKU
KOC0024711
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Caroline Walsh
Caroline Walsh is the literary editor for the IRISH TIMES. She lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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