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A collection of classic Irish long stories delving into the tragedies and joys of the human experience in twentieth-century Ireland.
FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description
Comprising four long stories – 'The Becker Wives', 'The Joy Ride', 'A Happy Death' and 'Magenta' – this collection is one of Lavin's most celebrated. Together, these stories capture the frustrations and grace of characters struggling to free themselves in places that are often hostile to their desires: a new bride coming home to her husband's prim family, two butlers taking a rare opportunity to go out drinking, a woman pleading with her dying husband to repent, and a young housekeeper whose fortunes seem to have suddenly changed.For the first time in decades, and with a foreword by Christine Dwyer Hickey, the Modern Irish Classics series brings this vital collection to a new generation of readers.
Author Biography
Mary Lavin (10 June 1912 – 25 March 1996) was a noted Irish short story writer and novelist. She is regarded as a pioneering female author in the traditionally male-dominated world of Irish letters. Born in Massachusetts of Irish parents in 1912, Mary Lavin first visited Ireland at the age of four with her mother Nora. She would return, permanently this time, five years later. Lavin's debut collection of stories, Tales from Bective Bridge (1943) won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and marked her out as a short-story writer of brilliance who brought a new and piercing female perspective to that form.The subject matter of her work was often controversial, dealing with matters including abuse in the Roman Catholic Church and feminist issues. In both respects, Lavin was an author very far ahead of her time. Mary Lavin's work received numerous international awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Katherine Mansfield Prize. Many of her stories were first published in the prestigious New Yorker Magazine. Joyce Carol Oates called her one of the finest short-story writers of the twentieth century.New Island published Happiness and Other Stories, The Becker Wives and Other Stories and In the Middle of the Fields as part of our Modern Irish Classics collection.
Details ISBN1848406940 Author Mary Lavin Year 2018 ISBN-10 1848406940 ISBN-13 9781848406940 Media Book Publication Date 2018-08-16 Publisher New Island Books Series Modern Art Classics Format Paperback Language English UK Release Date 2018-08-16 Imprint New Island Books Place of Publication Dublin Country of Publication Ireland Pages 200 Subtitle And Other Stories Edition Description New edition DEWEY 823.914 Audience General We've got this
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