Modern Irish Short Stories

The very best of modern Irish writing is brought together in this unique collection of short stories.

Acknowledgments

11

(15)

Preface

15

(6)

Anthony Burgess

Introduction

21

(24)

Ben Forkner

``Home Sickness''

45

(15)

George Moore

``Poisson d'Avril''

60

(14)

E.OE. Somerville

Martin Ross

``The Twisting of the Rope''

74

(9)

W.B. Yeats

``An Autumn Night in the Hills''

83

(8)

J. M. Synge

``Rock-of-the-Mass''

91

(21)

Daniel Corkery

``The Weaver's Grave''

112

(56)

Seumas O'Kelly

``The Blind Man''

168

(8)

James Stephens

``The Dead''

176

(49)

James Joyce

``The Pedlar's Revenge''

225

(17)

Liam O'Flaherty

``Summer Night''

242

(36)

Elizabeth Bowen

``Falling Rocks, Narrowing Road, Cul-de-Sac, Stop''

278

(35)

Sean O'Faolain

``In the Train''

313

(18)

Frank O'Connor

``George''

331

(7)

Patrick Kavanagh

``Pastorale''

338

(15)

Patrick Boyle

``Dante and the Lobster''

353

(14)

Samuel Beckett

``Six Weeks On and TWO Ashore''

367

(13)

Michael McLaverty

``Exile's Return''

380

(14)

Bryan MacMahon

``The Martyr's Crown''

394

(6)

Flann O'Brien

``Happiness''

400

(20)

Mary Lavin

``A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly''

420

(25)

Benedict Kiely

``A Walk Through the Summer''

445

(31)

James Plunkett

``Killachter Meadow''

476

(20)

Aidan Higgins

``The Ballroom of Romance''

496

(23)

William Trevor

``The Creature''

519

(8)

Edna O'Brien

``Cancer''

527

(15)

Eugene McCabe

``All Sorts of Impossible Things''

542

John McGahern

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