This riotous collection at last gathers together an expansive selection of Flann O’Brien’s shorter fiction in a single volume, as well as O’Brien’s last and unfinished novel, Slattery’s Sago Saga.
Also included are new translations of several stories originally published in Irish, and other rare pieces. With some of these stories appearing here in book form for the very first time, and others previously unavailable for decades, Short Fiction is a welcome gift for every fan of Flann O’Brien.
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Circa l’autore
Flann O’Brien, whose real name was Brian O’Nolan, also wrote under the pen name of Myles na Gopaleen. He was born in 1911 in County Tyrone. A resident of Dublin, he graduated from University College after a brilliant career as a student (editing a magazine called Blather) and joined the Civil Service, in which he eventually attained a senior position. He wrote throughout his life, which ended in Dublin on April 1, 1966. His other novels includeThe Dalkey Archive, The Third Policeman, The Hard Life, and
The Poor Mouth, all available from Dalkey Archive Press. Also available are three volumes of his newspaper columns:
The Best of Myles, Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn, and At War.
Neil Murphy is a professor of English at NTU, Singapore who has published widely on contemporary Irish fiction, including a monograph of the writer John Banville (2018) from Bucknell University Press.
Keith Hopper teaches Writing & Literature at the Institute of Technology, Sligo. Keith has written essays and reviews for the New Statesman and the Irish Times, and is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 168 ● ISBN 9781564789877 ● Dimensione 0.9 MB ● Editore Neil Murphy & Keith Hopper ● Casa editrice Deep Vellum Publishing ● Pubblicato 2013 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 3178305 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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