New Irish Short Stories

Various, Joseph O'Connor

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2011
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9780571255283
• Subtopic: European Literary Collections
• Index: Literature

Edited by Joseph O'Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged.

This collection follows the two acclaimed editions David Marcus edited for Faber in 2004-5 and 2006-7.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Introduction Joseph O’Connor
• Beer Trip to Llandudno Kevin Barry
• Winter Dermot Bolger
• Larry, Lay Down Aifric Campbell
• Visiting Hours Emma Donoghue
• Festus Gerard Donovan
• Animals Roddy Doyle
• Absence Christine Dwyer Hickey
• Leaving for Kenosha Richard Ford
• Somewhere in Minnesota Órfhlaith Foyle
• One of Those Stories Anthony Glavin
• Giant Julia Kelly
• Aisling Colum McCann
• A Gift for My Mother Viv McDade
• Chicago Here We Come Belinda McKeon
• Handmade Wings Eoin McNamee
• She Came to Me Rebecca Miller
• Boom Mary Morrissy
• The Blacklight Ballroom Peter Murphy
• The Fuck Monkeys Philip O’Ceallaigh
• Goose Joseph O’Neill
• Footnote Glenn Patterson
• Five Entries from a Fictional Diary Angela Power
• The Old Regime Kevin Power
• The News from Dublin Colm Tóibín
• The Crippled Man William Trevor
• Midnight Blue Elaine Walsh
• Notes on the Authors
• About the Author
• Also available from Faber
• Copyright