Full Description
Dublin is one of the world's great literary cities, immortalized in works by some of the most celebrated international authors. It is a city of warmth and character, which combines the richest of histories with a vibrant contemporary edge, and which welcomes millions of people to its streets each year. In addition to being Ireland's capital city, Dublin is a city with a proud European identity and with long-established, dynamic links with the rest of the world. Dublin Tales comprises an exciting selection of stories from across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries which are illustrative of this.
The stories in Dublin Tales are variously vibrant, evocative, humorous, and diverse, and engage in different ways with Dublin's history, its culture, its cityscape, and its people. It includes stories by writers who are intimately associated with the city (James Joyce and Brendan Behan), as well as by some of the most acclaimed Irish authors of the twentieth century (Elizabeth Bowen, Liam O'Flaherty, William Trevor, John McGahern, and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne). Less familiar authors are also included, as are specially commissioned stories from some of the most talented younger writers writing today (Caitriona Lally, Kevin Power, and Melatu Uche Okorie). Dublin Tales also includes bilingual versions of two stories which were originally written in the Irish language by Dara Ó Conaola and Caitlín Nic Íomhair, which have been specially translated into English for this startlingly original new book.
Contents
Editors' Introduction
1: George Egerton (Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright): Mammy
2: James Joyce: Two Gallants
3: Liam O'Flaherty: The Sniper
4: Elizabeth Bowen: Unwelcome Idea
5: James Stephens: A Rhinoceros, Some Ladies, and a Horse
6: Brendan Behan: The Confirmation Suit
7: John McGahern: Sierra Leone
8: Val Mulkerns: Four Green Fields
9: Dara Ó Conaola: I nGleic (In a Pickle)
10: William Trevor: Two More Gallants
11: Mary O'Donnell: The Black Church
12: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: Miss Moffat Goes to Town
13: Mirsad Ibisevic: Emigrant
14: Caitlín Nic Íomhair: Cíocras (Relentless)
15: Melatu Uche Okorie: Arrival
16: Kevin Power: Catastrophe
17: Caitriona Lally: Tramlines
