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Barnacle Soup: and other stories from the west of Ireland
Tess Gallagher Josie Gray
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Description for Barnacle Soup: and other stories from the west of Ireland
Hardcover. Keywords: Ireland - Short Stories - West
Ireland is known throughout the world for its rich and vibrant storytelling. Josie Gray is a proud inheritor of this tradition, a yarn-spinner whose evocative and authentic stories are steeped in the rural west of Ireland community to which he belongs. Beautifully crafted, subtly paced, and richly textured, Gray's stories vividly and affectionately bring to life a disparate cast of characters and recreate the fabric of their everyday lives. Disputes, laughter, courting, death, drink and general all-round skulduggery are the order of the day as Gray skilfully weaves together myth and fact, truth and near-truth. Captivated by these tales, acclaimed ... Read more
Ireland is known throughout the world for its rich and vibrant storytelling. Josie Gray is a proud inheritor of this tradition, a yarn-spinner whose evocative and authentic stories are steeped in the rural west of Ireland community to which he belongs. Beautifully crafted, subtly paced, and richly textured, Gray's stories vividly and affectionately bring to life a disparate cast of characters and recreate the fabric of their everyday lives. Disputes, laughter, courting, death, drink and general all-round skulduggery are the order of the day as Gray skilfully weaves together myth and fact, truth and near-truth. Captivated by these tales, acclaimed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Condition
New
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
NEW
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856408144
SKU
9780856408144
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tess Gallagher Josie Gray
JOSIE GRAY was born on the shores of Lough Arrow and has lived in counties Waterford, Wexford and Sligo. He has worked as a fruit salesman, barman, farmer and rate collector, and in various family businesses, hauling turf, fruit, sand and gravel. He started painting in the mid-1990s and has exhibited in Ireland and the US. In his retirement he ... Read more
Reviews for Barnacle Soup: and other stories from the west of Ireland
'This is a most unordinary kind of book. Josie Gray can tell stories. When he speaks about a dog, I would like to touch that dog. When he writes about a song, I would like to sing that song. This is what I call a good story.'HARUKI MURAKAMI'Gray and Gallagher collude and collogue to produce stories full of deadpan and ... Read more