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The Quick and the Dead: Selected Stories
Máirtín Ó Cadhain
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Description for The Quick and the Dead: Selected Stories
Hardback.
A collection of the finest stories from the Irish author of The Dirty Dust, published fifty years after his death
“Every sentence is packed with explosive power, not a word wasted, and the whole is almost unbearably moving.”—Hilary Mantel
These colorful tales from renowned Irish author Máirtín Ó 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 ... Read more
A collection of the finest stories from the Irish author of The Dirty Dust, published fifty years after his death
“Every sentence is packed with explosive power, not a word wasted, and the whole is almost unbearably moving.”—Hilary Mantel
These colorful tales from renowned Irish author Máirtín Ó 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300247213
SKU
9780300247213
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About Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain was born in An Cnocán Glas, Cois Fharraige, Connemara. He is best known for his novel Cré 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.
Reviews for The Quick and the Dead: Selected Stories
2022 PROSE Award Finalist, Literature category “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 Ó Cadhain's work broadens the entire landscape of the ... Read more