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Author:

O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966.

Title:

The best of Frank O'Connor / Frank O'Connor ; selected and edited by Julian Barnes.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxxviii, 673 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Ireland--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Ireland--History--Fiction.
O'Connor, Frank,--1903-1966.
Authors, Irish--20th century--Biography.
Irish fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Other Authors:

Barnes, Julian.

Notes:

A collection of O'Connor's fictional and autobiographical writings. Includes bibliographical references (p. xii-xiii).

Contents:

War -- Childhood -- Writers -- Lonely voices -- Ireland -- Better quarrelling -- Abroad -- Last things.

Summary:

Selected and arranged thematically by Julian Barnes, the rich mix of writings in The Best of Frank O'Connor starts off with his most famous short story, Guests of the Nation, set during the Irish War of Independence; chronicles his childhood with an alcoholic father and protective mother; and traces his literary influences in brilliant essays on Joyce and Yeats. OConnors wonderfully polyphonic tales of family, friendship, and rivalry are set beside those that bring to life forgotten souls on the fringes of society. O'Connor's writings about Ireland vividly evoke the land he called home, while other stories probe the hardships and rewards of Irish emigration. Finally, we see O'Connor grappling, in both fiction and memoir, with the largest questions of religion and belief.

Series:

Everyman's library ; 321

ISBN:

0307269043
9780307269041

OCLC:

(OCoLC)264043856

LCCN:

2009464562

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)