Liam O'Flaherty: the Collected Stories, Volume 2

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Palgrave Macmillan, 1999 - Fiction - 398 pages
These long-awaited volumes bring together, for the first time ever, the complete short stories of Ireland's master storyteller, Liam O'Flaherty--from great classics like "The Sniper" to previously unpublished originals. These 182 stories include all those included in previous anthologies; the Irish language stories; stories which have never before been collected inn book form; and original stories published here for the first time. This luxurious set will be a treasure for all those who know and love the work of one of Ireland's most skilled and passionate writers.

About the author (1999)

Liam O'Flaherty (aka Liam Ó Flaithearta) was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and a major figure in the Irish literary renaissance, born August 28, 1896, died September 7, 1984. At the age of 12, he went to Rockwell College. This was followed by enrollments at Holy Cross and University College, Dublin. In 1923, O'Flaherty published his first novel, Thy Neighbour's Wife, thought to be one of his best. In 1935, his novel The Informer (for which he had been awarded the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction) was made into a film by John Ford. A. A. Kelly has a Doctorate in English Literature and has taught and lectured in Europe and the US.

Bibliographic information

TitleLiam O'Flaherty: the Collected Stories, Volume 2
Volume 2 of Liam O'Flaherty: The Collected Stories, Angeline A. Kelly, ISBN 0312229062, 9780312229061
Volume 2 of The Collected Stories, Angeline A. Kelly
AuthorLiam O'Flaherty
EditorA. A. Kelly
Editionrevised
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan, 1999
ISBN0312229046, 9780312229047
Length398 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
Literary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Collections / General
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  
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