Bernard MacLaverty / Richard Rankin Russell.
| Author/creator | Russell, Richard Rankin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First paperback edition, new and expanded |
| Publication | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, 2025. |
| Description | xi, 209 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary Irish writers Contemporary Irish writers (Lewisburg, Pa.) ^A1364394 |
| Contents | Appearance versus reality in Secrets and Other Stories -- True and distorted fatherly loves in Lamb -- Seasonal communication in A Time to Dance and Other Stories -- Perception, confession, and community in Cal -- Hearing the other : sounds of connection and community in The Great Profundo and Other Stories -- Ontological encounters and others in Walking the Dog -- The beauties of Grace Notes -- The buoyant beauty of a Belfast Bildungsroman : The Anatomy School -- The truth of fiction : Matters of Life and Death and Other Stories -- "All shall be well" : Midwinter Break -- Rescue and resurrection narratives: Blank Pages and Other Stories. |
| Abstract | "Revised and with two new chapters, this study treats the entirety of Bernard MacLaverty's oeuvre, devoting a chapter to each of his five novels and six short-story collections. It shows how his linguistically precise fiction, suffused with authentic dialogue and humor from Northern Ireland, realistically renders the human condition and suggests our need for community"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781684485611 |
| ISBN | 1684485614 pbk. |
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